title: Wave-vector resonance in a nonlinear multiwavespeed chaotic billiard.
abstract: Nonlinear coupling between eigenmodes of a system leads to spectral energy redistribution. For multiwavespeed chaotic billiards, the average coupling strength can exhibit sharp discontinuities as a function of frequency related to wave-vector coincidences between constituent waves of different wavespeeds. The phenomenon is investigated numerically for an ensemble of two-dimensional square two-wavespeed billiards with rough boundaries and quadratic nonlinearity representative of elastodynamic waves. Results of direct numerical simulations are compared with theoretical predictions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, 104 South Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akolzin
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Weaver