On the rotation-two-component $b$-family shallow-water system: derivation and wave-breaking analysis

Abstract

In this paper, we derive the rotation-two-component $b$-family shallow-water wave system from the Green--Naghdi type equations incorporating the effects of the Coriolis force and constant vorticity. The system admits, among its special cases, the two-component Degasperis--Procesi (2DP) system as a reduction, thereby confirming its genuine role as a rotational extension of the $b$-family. We then focus on a specific reduction, the rotation-two-component Degasperis-Procesi system, whose particular interest lies in the fact that it combines two independent sources of difficulty: unlike the two-component Camassa-Holm type system, it possesses no conserved $H^1\times L^2$-type quantity, and in contrast to the standard 2DP system, it contains a higher-order nonlinear coupling term induced by the Coriolis force. To overcome this double difficulty, we introduce an auxiliary variable and establish a local $L^{\infty }$-estimate for $u$ without using any conservation law, based on which we derive two distinct blow-up criteria. When the Coriolis force vanishes, our results recover known criteria for the 2DP system and also provide new criteria for both the 2DP system and Degasperis-Procesi equation. The results extend naturally to the periodic setting and to relevant special cases of the rotational $b$-family system.

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