%T Asymmetric gravity-capillary solitary waves on deep water
%L discovery1477288
%A Z Wang
%A J-M Vanden-Broeck
%A PA Milewski
%V 759
%J Journal of Fluid Mechanics
%O Copyright © 2014 Cambridge University Press.
%D 2014
%X We present new families of gravity–capillary solitary waves propagating on the surface of a two-dimensional deep fluid. These spatially localised travelling-wave solutions are non-symmetric in the wave propagation direction. Our computation reveals that these waves appear from a spontaneous symmetry-breaking bifurcation, and connect two branches of multi-packet symmetric solitary waves. The speed–energy bifurcation curve of asymmetric solitary waves features a zigzag behaviour with one or more turning points.
%K capillary waves, solitary waves, surface gravity waves