Continuation methods for time-periodic travelling-wave solutions to evolution equations

Te-Sheng Lin, Dmitri Tseluiko, Mark G. Blyth, Serafim Kalliadasis

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Abstract

A numerical continuation method is developed to follow time-periodic travelling-wave solutions of both local and non-local evolution partial differential equations (PDEs). It is found that the equation for the speed of the moving coordinate can be derived naturally from the governing equations together with the condition that breaks the translational symmetry. The derived system of equations allows one to follow the branch of travelling-wave solutions as well as solutions that are time-periodic in a frame of reference travelling at a constant speed. Finally, we show as an example the bifurcation and stability analysis of single and double-pulse waves in long-wave models of electrified falling films.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)291-297
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Mathematics Letters
Volume86
Early online date7 Jul 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2018

Keywords

  • numerical continuation
  • evolution equation
  • long-wave model

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