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We report results of sumulation of wave turbulence. Both inverse and direct cascades are observed. The definition of "mesoscopic turbulence" is given. This is a regime when the number of modes in a system involved in turbulence is high enough to qualitatively simulate most of the processes but significantly smaller then the threshold, which gives us quantitative agreement with the statistical description, such as kinetic equation. Such a regime takes place in numerical simulation, in essentially finite systems, etc. : 02.60Cb, 47.11.+j, 47.35.+i, 47.27.Eq The theory of wave turbulence is developed for infinitely large system. In weakly nonlinear dispersive media, the turbulence is described by a kinetic equation for squared wave amplitudes (weak turbulence). However, all real systems are finite. Computer simulation of wave turbulence can also be perfomed only in finite system (typically in a box with periodic boundary conditions). It is important to know how strong discreteness of a system impacts the physical picture of wave turbulence. PACSLet a turbulence be realized in a Q-dimensional cube with side L. Then, wave vectors form a cubic lattice with the lattice constant ∆k = 2π/L. Suppose that four-wave resonant conditions are dominating. Exact resonances satisfy the equationsIn infinite medium, Eqs. (1) and (2) In a finite system, (1) and (2) are Diophantine equations which might have or have no exact solutions. The Diophantine equation for four-wave resonant processes are not studied yet. For three-wave resonant processes, they are studied for Rossby waves on the β-plane [1]. However, not only exact resonances are important. Individual harmonics in the wave ensemble fluctuate with inverse time Γ k , dependent on their wavenumbers. Suppose that all Γ ki for waves, composing a resonant quartet, are of the same order of magnitude Γ ki ∼ Γ. Then resonant equation (2) has to be satisfied up to 1) e-mail: kao@landau.ac.ru accuracy ∆ ∼ Γ, and the resonant surface is blurred into the layer of thickness δk/k ≃ Γ k /ω k . This thickness should be compared with the lattice constant ∆k. Three different cases are possible 1. δk ≫ ∆k. In this case the resonant layer is thick enough to hold many approximate resonant quartets on a unit of resonant surface square. These resonances are dense, and the theory is close to the classical weak turbulent theory in infinite media. The weak turbulent theory offers recipes for calculation of Γ k . The weak-turbulent Γ k are the smallest among all given by theoretical models. To be sure that the case is realized, one has to use weak-turbulent formulae for Γ k .2. δk < ∆k. This is the opposite case. Resonances are rarefied, and the system consists of a discrete set of weakly interacting oscillators. A typical regime in this situation is the "frozen tur-, which is actually a system of KAM tori, accomplished with a weak Arnold's diffusion.3. The intermediate case δk ≃ ∆k can be called "mesoscopic turbulence". The density of approximate resonances is high enough to provide the energy tran...

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Several theories for weakly damped free-surface flows have been formulated. In this paper we use the linear approximation to the Navier-Stokes equations to derive a new set of equations for potential flow which include dissipation due to viscosity. A viscous correction is added not only to the irrotational pressure (Bernoulli's equation), but also to the kinematic boundary condition. The nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation that one can derive from the new set of equations to describe the modulations of weakly nonlinear, weakly damped deep-water gravity waves turns out to be the classical damped version of the NLS equation that has been used by many authors without rigorous justification.

New method for numerical simulation of potential flows with a free surface of two-dimensional fluid, based on combination of the conformal mapping and Fourier Transform is proposed. The method is efficient for study of strongly nonlinear effects in gravity waves including wave breaking and formation of rogue waves.  2002 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.