Global asymptotic stability of KdV-Burgers fronts in a weakly two-dimensional model
Abstract
We study front-type solutions of nonlinear dispersive-dissipative PDEs modeling the propagation of undular bores in a channel in two dimensions. The system extends the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers (KdVB) equation by incorporating weak transverse motion, and admits the KdVB fronts as one-dimensional solutions. We investigate their stability under general two-dimensional perturbations. We prove that a one-dimensional front is a global asymptotic attractor in the weakly two-dimensional setting when the channel is sufficiently narrow in the transverse direction and the relative dispersion parameter lies in a range for stability to one-dimensional perturbations. Particularly, the front is unique up to spatial translations. The proof extends the energy method for temporally-modulated perturbed solutions, developed previously in the one-dimensional setting, to accommodate the transverse dynamics.
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BibTeX
@misc{bronski2026global,
title = {{Global asymptotic stability of KdV-Burgers fronts in a weakly two-dimensional model}},
author = {Jared C. Bronski and Olivia Clifton and Vera Mikyoung Hur},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.05697},
eprint = {2609.05697},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05697},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Global asymptotic stability of KdV-Burgers fronts in a weakly two-dimensional model
AU - Jared C. Bronski
AU - Olivia Clifton
AU - Vera Mikyoung Hur
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.05697
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.05697
AB - We study front-type solutions of nonlinear dispersive-dissipative PDEs modeling the propagation of undular bores in a channel in two dimensions. The system extends the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers (KdVB) equation by incorporating weak transverse motion, and admits the KdVB fronts as one-dimensional solutions. We investigate their stability under general two-dimensional perturbations. We prove that a one-dimensional front is a global asymptotic attractor in the weakly two-dimensional setting when the channel is sufficiently narrow in the transverse direction and the relative dispersion parameter lies in a range for stability to one-dimensional perturbations. Particularly, the front is unique up to spatial translations. The proof extends the energy method for temporally-modulated perturbed solutions, developed previously in the one-dimensional setting, to accommodate the transverse dynamics.
ER -