@misc{TyvandMulstadBestehorn, author = {Tyvand, Peder A. and Mulstad, Camilla and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {A nonlinear impulsive Cauchy-Poisson problem. Part 2. Lagrangian description}, series = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, volume = {906}, journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, issn = {1469-7645}, doi = {10.1017/jfm.2020.788}, pages = {A25-1 -- A25-19}, abstract = {A fully nonlinear Cauchy-Poisson problem is investigated analytically by a small-time expansion. The inviscid incompressible fluid layer has an initially horizontal surface. The fluid is forced into motion by an impulsive surface pressure. The early nonlinear free-surface problem is solved to second order in a small-time expansion by the Lagrangian description of motion. Comparisons are made with two other solution procedures for the same nonlinear problem in the absence of gravity: a third-order small-time expansion and a numerical solution, based on full nonlinearity according to the standard Eulerian description. Good agreement is found between the present second-order Lagrangian solution and the previous third-order Eulerian solution, until both these asymptotic expansions diverge rather abruptly at the same time.}, language = {en} } @misc{Bestehorn, author = {Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz instability studied in the frame of a dimension-reduced model}, series = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences}, volume = {378}, journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences}, issn = {1471-2962}, doi = {10.1098/rsta.2019.0508}, pages = {1 -- 10}, abstract = {Introducing an extension of a recently derived dimension-reduced model for an infinitely deep inviscid and irrotational layer, a two-layer system is examined in the present paper. A second thin viscous layer is added on top of the original one-layer system. The set-up is a combination of a long-wave approximation (upper layer) and a deep-water approximation (lower layer). Linear stability analysis shows the emergency of Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities. Finally, numerical solutions of the model reveal spatial and temporal pattern formation in the weakly nonlinear regime of both instabilities. This article is part of the theme issue 'Stokes at 200 (Part 1)'.}, language = {en} } @misc{TyvandBestehorn, author = {Tyvand, Peder A. and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Nonlinear wave resonance from bottom vibrations in uniform open-channel flow}, series = {European Journal of Mechanics. B, Fluids}, volume = {79}, journal = {European Journal of Mechanics. B, Fluids}, issn = {1873-7390}, doi = {10.1016/j.euromechflu.2019.07.004}, pages = {74 -- 86}, abstract = {It is known from linear theory that bottom oscillations in uniform open-channel flow can produce resonant surface waves with zero group velocity and diverging amplitude (Tyvand and Torheim 2012). This resonance exists for Froude numbers smaller than one, at a critical frequency dependent on the Froude number. This resonance phenomenon is studied numerically in the time domain, with fully nonlinear free-surface conditions. An oscillatory 2D bottom source is started, and the local elevation at resonance grows until it may reach a saturation amplitude. Four waves exist at subcritical Froude numbers, where resonance represents the third and the fourth wave merging. In the zero-frequency limit, the dispersive second and fourth wave merge into a steady wave with finite group velocity and amplitude, and no other periodic waves exist. In the time-dependent nonlinear analysis at zero frequency, a transient undular bore may emerge as the dominating phenomenon.}, language = {en} } @misc{PototskyOronBestehorn, author = {Pototsky, Andrey and Oron, Alexander and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Vibration-induced floatation of a heavy liquid drop on a lighter liquid film}, series = {Physic of Fluids}, volume = {31}, journal = {Physic of Fluids}, number = {8}, issn = {1089-7666}, doi = {10.1063/1.5099661}, pages = {087101-1 -- 087101-13}, abstract = {We carry out a theoretical study of vibration-induced saturation of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability for an isolated liquid drop on the surface of a less dense finite-thickness carrier film. Without vibration, a heavy drop falls through the carrier film by forming a stretching liquid column until the bottom tip of the column reaches the solid substrate and the carrier film ruptures. We show that an externally applied vertical vibration prevents the rupture of the film and enables stable flotation of the drop. A hydrodynamic model is used to study the effect of inertia on the long-time dynamics of the drop. It is shown that rupture can only be prevented when the Reynolds number is nonzero.}, language = {en} } @misc{BestehornMichelitsch, author = {Bestehorn, Michael and Michelitsch, Thomas M.}, title = {Oscillating Behavior of a Compartmental Model with Retarded Noisy Dynamic Infection Rate}, series = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos}, volume = {33}, journal = {International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos}, number = {5}, issn = {1793-6551}, doi = {10.1142/S0218127423500566}, abstract = {Our study is based on an epidemiological compartmental model, the SIRS model. In the SIRS model, each individual is in one of the states susceptible (S), infected (I) or recovered (R), depending on its state of health. In compartment R, an individual is assumed to stay immune within a finite time interval only and then transfers back to the S compartment. We extend the model and allow for a feedback control of the infection rate by mitigation measures which are related to the number of infections. A finite response time of the feedback mechanism is supposed that changes the low-dimensional SIRS model into an infinite-dimensional set of integro-differential (delay-differential) equations. It turns out that the retarded feedback renders the originally stable endemic equilibrium of SIRS (stable focus) to an unstable focus if the delay exceeds a certain critical value. Nonlinear solutions show persistent regular oscillations of the number of infected and susceptible individuals. In the last part we include noise effects from the environment and allow for a fluctuating infection rate. This results in multiplicative noise terms and our model turns into a set of stochastic nonlinear integro-differential equations. Numerical solutions reveal an irregular behavior of repeated disease outbreaks in the form of infection waves with a variety of frequencies and amplitudes.}, language = {en} } @misc{BestehornSharmaBorciaetal., author = {Bestehorn, Michael and Sharma, Deewakar and Borcia, Rodica and Amiroudine, Sakir}, title = {Faraday instability of binary miscible/immiscible fluids with phase field approach}, series = {Physical Review Fluids}, volume = {6}, journal = {Physical Review Fluids}, number = {6}, issn = {2469-990X}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.064002}, pages = {1 -- 26}, abstract = {The objective in the present paper is to study binary fluids with phase field modeling coupled with Navier-Stokes equations. An extended free energy is proposed to account for the continuous path from immiscible to miscible states. We consider fluid pairs that are immiscible for temperatures below the critical one (consolute temperature) and miscible above it. Our extended phase field equation permits us to move from the immiscible state (governed by the Cahn-Hilliard equation) to the miscible state (defined by the species diffusion equation). The scaling of interface tension and interface width with the distance to the critical point is highlighted. The whole system is mechanically excited showing Faraday instability of a flat interface. A linear stability analysis is performed for the stable case (interface waves) as well as for the unstable Faraday one. For the latter, a Floquet analysis shows the well-known Arnold's tongues as a function of the consolute temperature and depth layer. Moreover, two-dimensional finite difference simulations have been performed allowing us to model nonlinear flow patterns both in miscible and immiscible phases. Linear theory and nonlinear simulations show interesting results such as the diminishing of the wavelength of Faraday waves or a shift of the critical vibration amplitude when the consolute temperature is approached.}, language = {en} } @misc{BorciaBorciaBestehornetal., author = {Borcia, Rodica and Borcia, Ion-Dan and Bestehorn, Michael and Sharma, Deewakar and Amiroudine, Sakir}, title = {Phase field modeling in liquid binary mixtures: isothermal and non-isothermal problems}, series = {Physical Review Fluids}, volume = {7}, journal = {Physical Review Fluids}, number = {6}, issn = {2469-990X}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.064005}, pages = {1 -- 19}, abstract = {The objective in the present paper is to study binary fluids with phase field modeling coupled with Navier-Stokes equations. An extended free energy is proposed to account for the continuous path from immiscible to miscible states. We consider fluid pairs that are immiscible for temperatures below the critical one (consolute temperature) and miscible above it. Our extended phase field equation permits us to move from the immiscible state (governed by the Cahn-Hilliard equation) to the miscible state (defined by the species diffusion equation). The scaling of interface tension and interface width with the distance to the critical point is highlighted. The whole system is mechanically excited showing Faraday instability of a flat interface. A linear stability analysis is performed for the stable case (interface waves) as well as for the unstable Faraday one. For the latter, a Floquet analysis shows the well-known Arnold's tongues as a function of the consolute temperature and depth layer. Moreover, two-dimensional finite difference simulations have been performed allowing us to model nonlinear flow patterns both in miscible and immiscible phases. Linear theory and nonlinear simulations show interesting results such as the diminishing of the wavelength of Faraday waves or a shift of the critical vibration amplitude when the consolute temperature is approached.}, language = {en} } @misc{BestehornOron, author = {Bestehorn, Michael and Oron, Alexander}, title = {Hopf instability of a Rayleigh-Taylor unstable thin film heated from the gas side}, series = {European Physical Journal Special Topics}, volume = {232}, journal = {European Physical Journal Special Topics}, number = {4}, issn = {1951-6401}, doi = {10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00782-z}, pages = {367 -- 374}, abstract = {A thin liquid film located on the underside of a horizontal solid substrate can be stabilized by the Marangoni effect if the liquid is heated at its free surface. Applying long-wave approximation and projecting the velocity and temperature fields onto a basis of low-order polynomials, we derive a dimension-reduced set of three coupled evolution equations where nonlinearities of both the Navier-Stokes and the heat equation are included. We find that in a certain range of fluid parameters and layer depth, the first bifurcation from the motionless state is oscillatory which sets in with a finite but small wave number. The oscillatory branch is determined using a linear stability analysis of the long-wave model, but also by solving the linearized original hydrodynamic equations. Finally, numerical solutions of the reduced nonlinear model equations in three spatial dimensions are presented.}, language = {en} } @misc{SchoenHarlanderBorciaetal., author = {Sch{\"o}n, Franz-Theo and Harlander, Uwe and Borcia, Ion Dan and Borcia, Rodica and Bestehorn, Michael}, title = {Mean fluid transport in an oscillating circular channel with asymmetric forcing}, series = {Water waves : an interdisciplinary journal}, volume = {2025}, journal = {Water waves : an interdisciplinary journal}, publisher = {Birkh{\"a}user, part of Springer Nature}, address = {Basel}, issn = {2523-3688}, doi = {10.1007/s42286-025-00121-w}, pages = {1 -- 21}, abstract = {We investigate surface waves in an oscillating circular channel with local topography. The focus is on spatially or temporally breaking this dynamic system's symmetry. Asymmetrical wave dynamics and a mean flux excitation are detected to varying degrees, depending on the two input parameters, fluid depth and the tank's oscillation frequency. The fluid resonates around multiples of the fundamental eigenfrequency of the channel. The development of solitary wave-trains (undular bores) is observed in these resonance bands. A particle image velocimetry system measures the velocity field in the vertical plane of the free surface flow. Moreover, we are using 17 evenly distributed ultrasonic sensors to measure the surface displacement. This makes it possible to find out how strongly the mean flux depends on the resonance frequencies and to study the influence of the surface waves on the symmetry breaking. A numerical long-wave model helps to isolate the various factors influencing the mean flux.}, language = {en} }