Asymptotic analysis of steady solutions of the KdVB equation with application to resonant sloshing (Q2461529)

The reviewed article is concerned with the constructions of asymptotic solutions to a periodically traced KdV equation, arising as a model for water in a shallow tank with the forcing near the resonance [\textit{W. Chester, J. A. Bones}, ``Resonant oscillations of water-waves. I.'' Theory. Proc. Roy. Soc. London. A. 306, 5--22 (1968); II. Experiment. A 306, 23--39 (1968)]. The authors present an approach here to find an approximate analytic solution based on an asymptotically matched layer technique in a perturbation scheme with the dispersion coefficient being a small parameter. Under this assumptions it is shown how to construct analytically the various periodic solutions, which can occur within the resonant band. The amplitude frequency curve for a typical set of parameters is constructed, when the effect of Burgers' damping is included. The stability of the solutions is examined numerically.