Interacting nonlinear wave envelopes and rogue wave formation in deep water

DOI10.1063/1.4906770zbMATH Open1326.76015arXiv1407.5077OpenAlexW2089205960MaRDI QIDQ3456901FDOQ3456901

Mark J. Ablowitz, T. P. Horikis

Publication date: 10 December 2015

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A rogue wave formation mechanism is proposed within the framework of a coupled nonlinear Schrodinger (CNLS) system corresponding to the interaction of two waves propagating in oblique directions in deep water. A rogue condition is introduced that links the angle of interaction with the group velocities of these waves: different angles of interaction can result in a major enhancement of rogue events in both numbers and amplitude. For a range of interacting directions it is found that the CNLS system exhibits significantly more extreme wave amplitude events than its scalar counterpart. Furthermore, the rogue events of the coupled system are found to be well approximated by hyperbolic secant functions; they are vectorial soliton-type solutions of the CNLS system, typically not considered to be integrable. Overall, our results indicate that crossing states provide an important mechanism for the generation of rogue water wave events.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5077

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Soliton equations (35Q51) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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