eprintid: 1477288 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/72/88 datestamp: 2016-04-01 09:56:04 lastmod: 2021-10-09 22:52:15 status_changed: 2016-04-01 09:56:04 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Wang, Z creators_name: Vanden-Broeck, J-M creators_name: Milewski, PA title: Asymmetric gravity-capillary solitary waves on deep water ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F59 keywords: capillary waves, solitary waves, surface gravity waves note: Copyright © 2014 Cambridge University Press. abstract: 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. date: 2014-11 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.567 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1007095 doi: 10.1017/jfm.2014.567 lyricists_name: Vanden-Broeck, Jean-Marc lyricists_id: JVAND65 actors_name: Vanden-Broeck, Jean-Marc actors_id: JVAND65 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume: 759 article_number: R2 issn: 0022-1120 citation: Wang, Z; Vanden-Broeck, J-M; Milewski, PA; (2014) Asymmetric gravity-capillary solitary waves on deep water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics , 759 , Article R2. 10.1017/jfm.2014.567 <https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2014.567>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477288/7/Vanden-Broeck_Accepted_version_extracted.pdf