We consider in this paper the well-posedness for the Cauchy problem associated to two-dimensional dispersive systems of Boussinesq type which model weakly nonlinear long wave surface waves. We emphasize the case of the strongly dispersive ones with focus on the “KdV-KdV” system which possesses the strongest dispersive properties and which is a vector two-dimensional extension of the classical K...

We present a fundamental solution to an initial value problem for the KdV-Whitham system in an explicit integral form. Monotonically decreasing initial data with finite number of breaking points are considered. Generating function for the commuting flows of the averaged KdV hieararchy producing the analytical solutions to the KdV-Whitham system is constructed.

The Cauchy problem for the Korteweg de Vries (KdV) equation with small dispersion of order ǫ, ǫ ≪ 1, is characterized by the appearance of a zone of rapid modulated oscillations. These oscillations are approximately described by the elliptic solution of KdV where the amplitude, wave-number and frequency are not constant but evolve according to the Whitham equations. Whereas the difference betwe...

Head-on collision and overtaking collision between a KdV solitary wave and an envelope solitary wave are first studied in present paper by using Particle-in-cell (PIC) method in a dusty plasma. There are phase shifts of the KdV solitary wave in both head-on collision and the overtaking collision, while no phase shift is found for the envelop solitary wave in any cases. The remarkable difference...

The Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is first derived from a general system of partial differential equations. An analysis of the linearized KdV equation satisfied by the higher order amplitudes shows that the secular-producing terms in this equation are the derivatives of the conserved densities of KdV. Using the multi-time formalism, we prove that the propagation on very long distances is gov...

In this paper, using the Lie group analysis method, we study the invariance properties of the time fractional fifth-order KdV equation. A systematic research to derive Lie point symmetries to time fractional fifth-order KdV equation is performed. In the sense of point symmetry, all of the vector fields and the symmetry reductions of the fractional fifth-order KdV equation are obtained. At last,...

We propose a hierarchy of nonlinearly dispersive generalized Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) evolution equations based on a modification of the Lagrangian density whose induced action functional the KdV equation extremizes. It is shown that two recent nonlinear evolution equations describing wave propagation in certain generalized continua with an inherent material length scale are members of the propo...

In this paper, we consider multi-component generalizations of the Hirota–Satsuma coupled Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation. By introducing a Lax pair, we present a matrix generalization of the Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equation, which is shown to be reduced to a vector Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equation. By using Hirota's bilinear method, we find a few soliton solutions to the vector Hirota–Sa...

In order to investigate corrections to the common KdV approximation for surface water waves in a canal, we derive modulation equations for the evolution of long wavelength initial data. We work in Lagrangian coordinates. The equations which govern corrections to the KdV approximation consist of linearized and inhomogeneous KdV equations plus an inhomogeneous wave equation. These equations are e...

In order to investigate corrections to the common KdV approximation for surface water waves in a canal, we derive modulation equations for the evolution of long wavelength initial data. We work in Lagrangian coordinates. The equations which govern corrections to the KdV approximation consist of linearized and inhomogeneous KdV equations plus an inhomogeneous wave equation. These equations are e...