Dispersive shock waves in viscously deformable media

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DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.628zbMATH Open1284.76243arXiv1401.7864OpenAlexW2055457008WikidataQ57427898 ScholiaQ57427898MaRDI QIDQ5406597FDOQ5406597


Authors: Nicholas K. Lowman, M. A. Hoefer Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 April 2014

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The viscously dominated, low Reynolds' number dynamics of multi-phase, compacting media can lead to nonlinear, dissipationless/dispersive behavior when viewed appropriately. In these systems, nonlinear self-steepening competes with wave dispersion, giving rise to dispersive shock waves (DSWs). Example systems considered here include magma migration through the mantle as well as the buoyant ascent of a low density fluid through a viscously deformable conduit. These flows are modeled by a third-order, degenerate, dispersive, nonlinear wave equation for the porosity (magma volume fraction) or cross-sectional area, respectively. Whitham averaging theory for step initial conditions is used to compute analytical, closed form predictions for the DSW speeds and the leading edge amplitude in terms of the constitutive parameters and initial jump height. Novel physical behaviors are identified including backflow and DSW implosion for initial jumps sufficient to cause gradient catastrophe in the Whitham modulation equations. Theoretical predictions are shown to be in excellent agreement with long-time numerical simulations for the case of small to moderate amplitude DSWs. Verifiable criteria identifying the breakdown of this modulation theory in the large jump regime, applicable to a wide class of DSW problems, are presented.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1401.7864




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