Qualitative analysis and solutions of bounded traveling wave for B-BBM equation

Abstract

In this paper, we apply the theory of planar dynamical systems to carry out qualitative analysis for the dynamical system corresponding to B-BBM equation, and obtain global phase portraits under various parameter conditions. Then, the relations between the behaviors of bounded traveling wave solutions and the dissipation coefficient µ are investigated. We find that a bounded traveling wave solution appears as a kink profile solitary wave solution when µ is more than the critical value obtained in this paper, while a bounded traveling wave solution appears as a damped oscillatory solution when µ is less than it. Furthermore, we explain the solitary wave solutions obtained in previous literature, and point out their positions in global phase portraits. In the meantime, approximate damped oscillatory solutions are given by means of undetermined coefficients method. Finally, based on integral equations that reflect the relations between the approximate damped oscillatory solutions and the implicit exact damped oscillatory solutions, error estimates for the approximate solutions are presented.