Nonlinear wave modulation in fluid filled distensible tubes (Q1341935)

The work considers one-dimensional wave propagation in an infinitely long, straight and homogeneous nonlinear viscoelastic or elastic tube filled with an incompressible, inviscid fluid. Using the reductive perturbation technique, and assuming the weakness of dissipative effects, the amplitude modulation of weakly nonlinear waves is examined. It is shown that the amplitude modulation of these waves is governed by a dissipative nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS). In the absence of dissipative effects, this equation reduces to the classical NLS equation.