In this paper, the theoretical model of Rossby waves in two-layer fluids is studied. A single quasi-geostrophic vortex equation is used to derive various models of Rossby waves in a one-layer fluid in previous research. In order to explore the propagation and interaction of Rossby waves in two-layer fluids, from the classical quasi-geodesic vortex equations, by employing the multi-scale analysis and turbulence method, we derived a new (2+1)-dimensional coupled equations set, namely the generalized Zakharov-Kuznetsov(gZK) equations set. The gZK equations set is an extension of a single ZK equation; they can describe two kinds of weakly nonlinear waves interaction by multiple coupling terms. Then, for the first time, based on the semi-inverse method and the variational method, a new fractional-order model which is the time-space fractional coupled gZK equations set is derived successfully, which is greatly different from the single fractional equation. Finally, group solutions of the time-space fractional coupled gZK equations set are obtained with the help of the improved $(G^{\prime }/G)$ -expansion method.

The Cartesian coordinate system is not sufficient to study wave propagation on the coastline or in the sea where the terrain is extremely complicated, so it is necessary to study it in an unconventional coordinate system, fractals. In this paper, from the governing equations of fluid, the fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived to describe the evolution of Rossby waves in fractal by using multi-scale analysis and perturbation method. Based on the equation, the rogue-wave solution is obtained by the integral preserving transformation to explain some serious threats at sea.

In this study, we assume that blood is assumed to be a viscoelastic and incompressible homogeneous media in which several uniform sized oxygen bubbles are uniformly distributed. Based on this, we establish a (3 + 1)-dimensional modified Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (mKP) equation to describe the long nonlinear pressure waves in the gas bubbles–liquid mixtures. Using bell polynomials, a new bilinear form of the mKP equation is constructed, and then the one- and two-soliton solutions of the equation are obtained by the Hirota method. Via the one-soliton solutions, parametric conditions of the existence of shock wave, elevation and depression solitons, and the Mach reflection characters in the mixtures are discussed. Soliton interactions have been discussed on the basis of the two-soliton solutions. We find that the (i) parallel elastic interactions can exist between the shock and elevation solitons; (ii) oblique elastic interactions can exist between the (a) shock and depression solitons and (b) the elevation and depression solitons; and (iii) oblique inelastic interactions can exist between the two depression solitons.

In this study, the propagation of internal solitary waves in oceans at great depths was analyzed. Using multi-scale analysis and perturbation expansion, the basic equation is simplified to the classical Benjamin–Ono equation with variable coefficients. To better describe the propagation characteristics of solitary waves, we derived a higher-order variable-coefficient integral differential (Benjamin–Ono) equation. Subsequently, the bilinear form of the model was derived using Hirota’s bilinear method, and a multi-soliton solution was obtained. Based on the multi-soliton solution of the model, we further studied the interaction of the soliton, which led to the discovery of Mach reflection. Some conclusions were drawn, which are of potential value for further study of solitary waves in the ocean.

In the context of the parallel flow hypothesis, we derive a higher-order generalized cubic-quintic complex Ginzburg–Landau (GCQ-CGL) equation to describe the amplitude evolution of shallow wake flow from the dimensionless shallow water equations by using multi-scale analysis, perturbation expansion, and weak nonlinear theory. The evolution model includes not only the slowly changing envelope approximation but also the influence of higher-order dissipation, dispersion, and cubic and quintic nonlinear effects. We give the analytical solution of the higher-order GCQ-CGL equation based on the ansatz and coordinate transformation methods, and we discuss the influence of the higher-order dissipation coefficient on the amplitude and frequency of the wake flow by means of three-dimensional diagrams, contour maps, and plane graphs. The subsequent linear stability analysis gives a theoretical basis for the modulation instability (MI) of plane waves, and the linear theory predicts the instability of any amplitude of the main waves. Finally, we focus on the MI of shallow wake flows. Results show that the MI gain function is internally related to the background wave number, disturbance wave number, background amplitude, disturbance expansion parameter, and dissipation coefficient. The area of the MI decreases as the higher-order dissipation coefficient decreases.

Optical soliton is a physical phenomenon in which the waveforms and energy of optical fibers remain unchanged during propagation, which has important application value in information transmission. In this paper, the coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations describe the propagation of optical solitons with different frequencies in sense of local fractional derivative is analyzed. The exact traveling wave solutions of the non-differentiable type defined on the Cantor sets are obtained. The characteristics of the particular solutions of fixed fractal dimension are discussed. It is proved that the local fractional coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations can describe the interaction of fractal waves in optical fiber transmission.