Some heteroclinic solutions of a model of skin pattern formation

In this paper we study travelling wave solutions to a system of four non‐linear partial differential equations, which arise in a tissue interaction model for skin morphogenesis. Under the ‘small‐stress’ assumption we prove the existence and uniqueness (up to a translation) of solutions with the dermis and epidermis cell densities being positive, which are a perturbation of a uniform epidermal cell density. We discuss the problem of the minimal wave‐speed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of global solutions to a model of chondrogenesis

The paper considers conditions sufficient for the existence of classical C solutions to a new model of chondrogenesis during the vertebrate limb formation. We assume that the diffusion coefficient of the fibronectin is positive and that the function describing the interaction between the fibronectin and cells satisfies some additional properties. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Traveling wave solutions of a model of skin pattern formation in a singular case

We study traveling wave solutions to a system of four non‐linear partial differential equations, which arise in a tissue interaction model for skin morphogenesis. Under the assumption that the strength of attachment of the epidermis to the basal lamina is sufficiently large, we prove the existence and uniqueness (up to a translation) of traveling wave solutions connecting two stationary states of the system with the dermis and epidermis cell densities being positive. We discuss the problem of the minimal wave speed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of solutions to a model for sparse, one-dimensional fluids

We prove the global existence of solutions to a model for a viscous, compressible, barotropic fluid initially occupying a general open subset of a finite, one-dimensional interval. The fluid equations are applied only on the support of the density, understood in the sense of distributions. This support must be tracked and accommodation must be made for the possibly infinite number of collisions of fluid packets occurring on a possibly dense set of collision times. Our approach avoids certain nonphysical properties of solutions which are constructed as limits of solutions in which artificial mass has been inserted.     

Existence and uniqueness of solutions to a model describing miscible liquids

The existence and the uniqueness of solutions to a problem of miscible liquids are investigated in this note. The model consists of Navier–Stokes equations with Korteweg stress terms coupled with the reaction–diffusion equation for the concentration. We assume that the fluid is incompressible and the Boussinesq approximation is adopted. The global existence and uniqueness of solutions is established for some optimal conditions on the reaction source term and the external force functions.     

Existence of solutions to a phase transition model with microscopic movements

We prove the existence of weak solutions for a 3D phase change model introduced by Michel Frémond in (Non‐smooth Thermomechanics. Springer: Berlin, 2002) showing, via a priori estimates, the weak sequential stability property in the sense already used by the first author in (Comput. Math. Appl. 2007; 53 :461–490). The result follows by passing to the limit in an approximate problem obtained adding a superlinear part (in terms of the gradient of the temperature) in the heat flux law. We first prove well posedness for this last problem and then—using proper a priori estimates—we pass to the limit showing that the total energy is conserved during the evolution process and proving the non‐negativity of the entropy production rate in a suitable sense. Finally, these weak solutions turn out to be the classical solution to the original Frémond's model provided all quantities in question are smooth enough. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of positive solutions for a thermostat model

We study a second order nonlinear boundary value problem subject to some nonlocal boundary conditions, which models a thermostat. The sensors are linear functionals, one gives feedback from part of the interval to a controller at one endpoint, the other gives feedback to a controller at the other endpoint. We determine the Green’s function and establish its useful properties which enables us to establish the existence of multiple positive solutions and to prove nonexistence results. We calculate all relevant constants in some explicit examples.     

Existence of locally momentum conserving solutions to a model for heat-conducting flow

We prove the global-in-time existence of weak solutions to a model for a one-dimensional, viscous, compressible, heat-conducting fluid initially occupying a general open subset of an interval of finite length. The fluid equations are applied only on the support of the density, and this support is tracked in time. Accommodation must be made for infinitely many collisions of fluid packets occurring on a possibly dense set of times. Our approach avoids certain nonphysical behavior known to occur in solutions constructed as limits of solutions with artificial mass.     

Existence of nonclassical solutions in a Pedestrian flow model

The main result of this note is the existence of nonclassical solutions to the Cauchy problem for a conservation law modeling pedestrian flow. From the physical point of view, the main assumption of this model was recently experimentally confirmed in [D. Helbing, A. Johansson, H.Z. Al-Abideen, Dynamics of crowd disasters: An empirical study, Phys. Rev. E 75 (4) (2007) 046109]. Furthermore, the present model describes the fall in a door through-flow due to the rise of panic, as well as the Braess’ paradox. From the analytical point of view, this model is an example of a conservation law in which nonclassical solutions have a physical motivation and a global existence result for the Cauchy problem, with large data, is available.     

Existence of solutions to a continuum model for hydrostatics of fluid-saturated granular materials

In this letter, we establish an existence theory for an overdetermined system of nonlinear PDEs describing hydrostatics of fluid-saturated granular materials. Our proof consists of three steps: (i) the conduction of an integrability analysis, (ii) the reduction of the governing system to a singular elliptic PDE, for which the existence of solutions can be obtained via weak-convergence methods, and (iii) the development of an existence theory for the original system.     

Existence and uniqueness of stationary solutions to a one-dimensional bipolar hydrodynamic model of semiconductors

We consider a one-dimensional bipolar hydrodynamic model of semiconductors. Although some results exist for the bipolar case, almost their conditions (the boundary condition, the doping profile, etc.) are far from practical application. In the present paper, under a condition appropriate for engineering, we shall prove the existence and the uniqueness of classical solutions for the stationary problem. The most difficult point is to obtain the bounded estimate and the energy estimate.     

New conditions for pattern solutions of a Brusselator model

This paper is devoted to establishing a critical value of the concentration of one intermediary reactant which determines whether pattern solutions of a class of Brusselator models exist or not. We introduce a new method to compute the degree index of the related linear operator so that the obtained sufficient conditions are easier to verify than those in the known references. The proofs mainly rely on Leray-Schauder degree theory, implicit function theorem and analytical techniques.     

Existence of solutions to a global eikonal equation

We derive a geometric necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of solutions to a global eikonal equation. We also study the existence of a minimal solution to this equation, and its relation with the well-known minimal time function.     

Existence of solutions to an anisotropic phase‐field model

We consider an anisotropic phase‐field model for the isothermal solidification of a binary alloy due to Warren–Boettinger ( Acta. Metall. Mater. 1995; 43 (2):689). Existence of weak solutions is established under a certain convexity condition on the strongly non‐linear second‐order anisotropic operator and Lipschitz and boundedness assumptions for the non‐linearities. A maximum principle holds that guarantees the existence of a solution under physical assumptions on the non‐linearities. The qualitative properties of the solutions are illustrated by a numerical example. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类三种群捕食者-食饵交错扩散模型整体解的存在性

应用能量估计方法和Gagliardo-Nirenberg型不等式证明含一类食饵种群和两类竞争捕食者种群的反应扩散模型整体解的存在性和一致有界性,该模型是带自扩散和交错扩散项的三种群捕食者-食饵模型.     

Existence of two periodic solutions for a non-autonomous SIR epidemic model

A non-autonomous SIR model with periodic transmission rate and a constant removal rate is formulated. By using the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, sufficient conditions for the existence of at least two positive periodic solutions are obtained. The stability of the periodic solution for small seasonality is investigated. Numerical simulations are done to show our theoretical results.