Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 486269, 14 pages

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/486269

Research Article

Travelling Wave Solutions for the Coupled IBq Equations by Using the tanh-coth Method

Omer Faruk Gozukizil¹ and Samil Akcagil²

¹Department of Mathematics, Sakarya University, 9054187 Sakarya, Turkey

²Vocational School of Pazaryeri, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, 9011800 Bilecik, Turkey

Received 4 May 2013; Accepted 9 December 2013; Published 19 January 2014

Academic Editor: Ch. Tsitouras

Copyright © 2014 Omer Faruk Gozukizil and Samil Akcagil. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract.

Based on the availability of symbolic computation, the tanh-coth method is used to obtain a number of travelling wave solutions for several coupled improved Boussinesq equations. The abundant new solutions can be seen as improvement of the previously known data. The obtained results in this work also demonstrate the efficiency of the method.

1. Introduction

We consider the following two coupled improved Boussinesq (IMBq) equations of Sobolev type:

where and are given nonlinear functions, and are unknown functions, and is a constant that has been derived to describe bidirectional wave propagation in several studies, for instance, in a Toda lattice model with a transversal degree of freedom, in a two-layered lattice model, and in a diatomic lattice. Dé Godefroy has studied (1) as the Cauchy problem under certain conditions and showed that the solution for the Cauchy problem of this system blows up in finite time [1]. Wang and Li have considered the Cauchy problem for (1), proved the existence and uniqueness of the global solution, and given sufficient conditions of blow-up of the solution in finite time by convex methods [2]. The Cauchy problem for (1) has been studied and established the conditions for the global existence and finite-time blow-up of solutions in Sobolev spaces for [3]. For more information, we refer the reader to [3] and references therein.

Chen and Zhang have considered the initial boundary value problem for the system of the generalized IMBq type equations:

where and are unknown functions, are constants, and and are the given nonlinear functions. As a result, they have proved the existence and uniqueness of the global generalized solution and the global classical solution [4].

Rosenau is concerned with the problem of how to describe the dynamics of a dense lattice via the system

where ,   are constants, and pointed out that (3) was a convenient vehicle to study the dynamics of a dense lattice [5].

In [6], a transversal degree of freedom was introduced in the Toda lattice. For different order of magnitude of the longitudinal and transversal strains, coupled and uncoupled equations for these fields were derived in the discrete case as well as the continuum limit. The system

has been obtained for the longitudinal and transversal strains. and are characteristic lengths in the model, is their ratio (i.e., ), denotes the linear mass density, and is a constant. Besides, travelling wave solutions and numerical solutions of the system have been found.

Turitsyn has proved the existence of blow-up for the continuum limit model of the Toda lattice with a transversal degree of freedom analytically and analysed the coupled IBq equations

Turitsyn has showed that the sufficient criterion for the collapse in this model may be formulated as the requirement of nonpositively of the system Hamiltonian [7].

Pego et al. have studied the stability of solitary waves of two coupled improved Boussinesq equations:

which model weakly nonlinear vibrations in a cubic lattice. They have encountered this system for which the classic method fails [8].

Fan and Tian have expanded the model in [6] and considered the following general Toda dense lattice equation which is governed by the following coupled improved Boussinesq equation:

They have studied compacton solutions and multicompacton solutions of transversal degree of freedom by direct sine and cosine method and found peakon solutions. Moreover, they have presented more solitary wave solutions for a special case of (7) using improved sin-cos and improved sinh-cosh method [9].

The paper is arranged as follows. We described the outline of the tanh-coth method in the following section and derived various exact travelling wave solutions of the coupled IBq equations (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) in the next sections. Finally, we summarized our conclusions in the last section.

2. Outline of the tanh-coth Method

Wazwaz has summarized the tanh-coth method [10] in the following manner.

(i)First, consider a general form of nonlinear equation

(ii)To find the traveling wave solution of (8), the wave variable is introduced so that

Based on this, one may use the following changes:

and so on for other derivatives. Using (10) changes the PDE (8) to an ODE:

(iii)If all terms of the resulting ODE contain derivatives in , then by integrating this equation, and by considering the constant of integration to be zero, one obtains a simplified ODE.(iv)A new independent variable

is introduced which leads to the change of derivatives:

where other derivatives can be derived in a similar manner.

(v)The ansatz of the form

is introduced where is a positive integer, in most cases, that will be determined. If is not an integer, then a transformation formula is used to overcome this difficulty. Substituting (13) and (14) into the ODE (11) yields an equation in powers of .

(vi)To determine the parameter , the linear terms of the highest order in the resulting equation with the highest order nonlinear terms are balanced. With determined, one collects all coefficients of powers of in the resulting equation where these coefficients have to vanish. This will give a system of algebraic equations involving the and , (), , and . Having determined these parameters, knowing that is a positive integer in most cases, and using (14), one obtains an analytic solution in a closed form.

3. The Travelling Wave Solutions

3.1. The First Coupled

We first consider the following two coupled IBq equations:

Using the wave variable , then by integrating this equation twice and considering the constants of integration to be zero, the system (15) is carried to a system of ODEs:

Balancing with and with in (16) gives

so that . We consider solutions in the form

Substituting (18) into the two components of (16) and collecting the coefficients of give two systems of algebraic equations for , , , , , , , , , , , and . Solving these systems together leads to the following sets:

Consequently, we obtain the following travelling wave solutions:

3.2. The Second Coupled

We next consider the system of equations

Using the wave variable and then by integrating this equation twice and considering the constants of integration to be zero, the system (21) is carried to a system of ODEs:

Balancing with and with in (22) gives

so that . The tanh-coth method admits the use of

Substituting (24) into (22), collecting the coefficients of , and solving the resulting system, we find the following sets of solutions:

In accordance with these sets of solutions, we have the following solutions:

3.3. The Third Coupled

We now examine the coupled equations

Using the wave variable , the system (27) is carried to a system of ODEs. Integrating these equations twice and neglecting constants of integration we find

Balancing with and with in (28) gives

so that

As a result, we seek solutions to (27) in the form

Substitution of (31) into (28) leads to an algebraic system in the unknowns , , , , , , , , , , , and . Collecting the coefficients of and solving the resulting system, we find the following sets of solutions:

Consequently, we obtain the following solutions:

3.4. The Fourth Coupled

We now consider the coupled IBq equations

Using the wave variable , (34) can be converted to a system of ODEs:

Balancing with and with in (35) gives

so that

The tanh-coth method substitutes the finite expansions

In (35), collecting the coefficients of each power of and solving the resulting system, we obtain

where is left as a free parameter. Consequently, we obtain the following travelling wave solutions:

3.5. The Fifth Coupled

We finally consider the coupled IBq equations

This system of equations (41) can be converted to the following system of ODEs by using the wave variable :

Using the balancing procedure in (42) gives

so that

We consider solutions in the following form:

Substituting (45) into (42), collecting the coefficients of , and solving the resulting system, we find the following sets of solutions:

In view of this, we obtain the following travelling wave solutions:

4. Conclusion

In summary, the tanh-coth method has been successfully implemented to find new travelling wave solutions for several kinds of two coupled improved Boussinesq equations. The solutions that have been found can be seen as an expansion and verification of the previously known data. However, this study confirmed again the belief that the tanh-coth method is a powerful and reliable technique to handle nonlinear dispersive-dissipative equations and system of equations. Throughout the work, Maple has been used to overcome the tedious algebraic calculations.

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.

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