Diagnostics of the medium structure by long wave of finite amplitude

Abstract

The averaged systems of hydrodynamic equations for a structured medium in the Lagrangian and the Eulerian coordinates are discussed. In the general case, the equations cannot be reduced to the average hydrodynamic terms. Under propagation of long waves in media with structure, the non-linear effects appear and they are analyzed in the framework of the asymptotic averaged model. The heterogeneity in a medium structure always increases the non-linear effects for the long-wave perturbations. A new method for diagnostics of the properties of medium components by long non-linear waves is suggested (inverse problem). The mass contents of components in the media can be determined by this diagnostic method.