Nonlinear gravity-capillary waves instability in superposed magnetic fluids influenced by a vertical magnetic field and time-dependent acceleration

Abstract

This paper deals with the effect of a periodic forcing on nonlinear modulation of interfacial gravity-capillary waves propagating between two magnetic fluids of infinite depth under the influence of a constant vertical magnetic field. Based on the method of multiple scales expansion for a small amplitude of periodic force, two parametric nonlinear Schrödinger equations with explicit expressions of coefficients are derived in the resonance case. A classical nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived in the non-resonance case. The stability of the uniform time-dependent solution is analyzed. Theoretical analysis and numerical calculations show that the resonance point is affected by the magnetic field and the applied frequency. The linear stability shows that the periodic force has a destabilizing influence in the stability criterion. It is observed that the vertical field plays the same role, and that the acceleration frequency plays a dual role in the nonlinear stability criterion. Instability was revealed in the system for large values of the applied magnetic field, but the small values of the field redistribute the stable areas.