Diffusional growth of cloud particles: existence and uniqueness of solutions

Diffusional growth of cloud particles is commonly described by a coupled system of parabolic equations and ordinary differential equations. The Dirichlet boundary condition for the parabolic equation is obtained from the solution of the ordinary differential equations, but this solution itself depends on the solution of the parabolic equations. We first present the governing equations describing diffusional growth of cloud particles. In a second step, we consider a simplified model problem, motivated by the diffusional growth equations. The main difference between the simplified model problem and the diffusional growth equations consists in neglecting the dependence of the domain for the parabolic equations on the solution. For the model problem, we show unique solvability using a fixed point method. Finally, we discuss application of the main result for the model problem to the diffusional growth equations and illustrate these equations with the help of a numerical solution.     

Principal Lyapunov Exponents and Principal Floquet Spaces of Positive Random Dynamical Systems. III. Parabolic Equations and Delay Systems

This is the third part in a series of papers concerned with principal Lyapunov exponents and principal Floquet subspaces of positive random dynamical systems in ordered Banach spaces. The current part focuses on applications of general theory, developed in the authors’ paper Mierczyński and Shen (Trans Am Math Soc 365(10):5329–5365, 2013), to positive continuous-time random dynamical systems on infinite dimensional ordered Banach spaces arising from random parabolic equations and random delay systems. It is shown under some quite general assumptions that measurable linear skew-product semidynamical systems generated by random parabolic equations and by cooperative systems of linear delay differential equations admit measurable families of generalized principal Floquet subspaces, and generalized principal Lyapunov exponents.     

Estimates of Solutions and Asymptotic Symmetry for Parabolic Equations on Bounded Domains

We consider fully nonlinear parabolic equations on bounded domains under Dirichlet boundary conditions. Assuming that the equation and the domain satisfy certain symmetry conditions, we prove that each bounded positive solution of the Dirichlet problem is asymptotically symmetric. Compared with previous results of this type, we do not assume certain crucial hypotheses, such as uniform (with respect to time) positivity of the solution or regularity of the nonlinearity in time. Our method is based on estimates of solutions of linear parabolic problems, in particular on a theorem on asymptotic positivity of such solutions.     

Topological Invariants and Solutions with a High Complexity for Scalar Semilinear PDE

In this paper topological invariants of dynamics of scalar parabolic equations are defined. Conservation of these invariants causes persistence of complex spatially chaotic patterns in the dynamics. It implies, in particular, the existence of extremely many stable essentially different spatially complex solutions of scalar semilinear parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic equations in the situation when coefficients of equations depend on the spatial variable strongly enough and the domain is large or unbounded, the number of different solutions exponentially depends on the volume of domain. Another implication of the conserved quantities is persistence of complexity of solutions in the dynamics.     

Shear-band bifurcation of an isotropic compressible hyperelastic solid

This paper concerns shear-band bifurcations from the homogeneous finite plane deformation of an isotropic compressible hyperelastic solid. The governing equations for the incremental plane deformation superposed on the initial finite deformation are derived and then the equilibrium equations in terms of incremental displacements are classified into the elliptic type, parabolic type, etc. From this classification follows a restriction which should be placed on the strain-energy function in order that the equilibrium equations may be either elliptic or parabolic for all principal stretches. For the hyperelastic solid complying with this restriction, the condition for the shear-band bifurcation is obtained. Finally, the incremental displacement field of an infinite series of shear bands in a slab sandwiched between slippery rigid layers is established.     

Reduction Principle and Asymptotic Phase for Center Manifolds of Parabolic Systems with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions

We prove the reduction principle and study other attractivity properties of the center and center-unstable manifolds in the vicinity of a steady-state solution for quasilinear systems of parabolic partial differential equations with fully nonlinear boundary conditions on bounded or exterior domains.     

Symmetric Periodic Solutions of Parabolic Problems With Discontinuous Hysteresis

We develop a framework for treating the long-term behavior of solutions for parabolic equations in multidimensional domains with discontinuous hysteresis. Bearing in mind the thermostat model, we concentrate in this paper on the prototype heat equation with hysteresis in the boundary condition. We provide an algorithm for constructing all periodic solutions with exactly two switchings on the period and study their stability. Coexistence of several periodic solutions with different stability properties is proved to be possible. A mechanism of appearance and disappearance of periodic solutions is investigated.     

A comparison of parabolic wave theories for linearly elastic solids

The Schrödinger equation describes a theory for propagating scalar waves which is frequently termed a parabolic theory. This theory has been demonstrated to provide a paraxial, or narrow-angled, approximation to the theory of acoustic wave propagation, described by the Helmholtz equation, by a variety of seemingly different procedures. Several authors have considered the question of an approximation to the time harmonic equations of linear elastodynamics, which is parabolic in the above described sense. Since none of the deivation procedures employed can be termed rigorous, and since the results of these procedures are different, the validity of each of the theories is suspect and all should be considered further. In this paper we consider three parabolic theories of elastodynamics; by Hudson, by Landers and Claerbout, and by McCoy; and apply them in turn to a computational experiment that can be solved in the perturbation limit using the exact equations of elastodynamics. The principal conclusion achieved is that an approximate theory for propagating vector waves must be based on a representation of the vector wave field, that explicitly incorporates different wave speeds for the dilitational and rotational components, if predictions of the approximate theory are to approach those of the exact formulation for narrow angles.     

Gradient Estimates for Parabolic and Elliptic Systems from Linear Laminates

We establish several gradient estimates for second-order divergence type parabolic and elliptic systems. The coefficients and data are assumed to be Hölder or Dini continuous in the time variable and all but one spatial variable. This type of system arises from the problems of linearly elastic laminates and composite materials. For the proof, we use Campanato’s approach in a novel way. Non-divergence type equations under similar conditions are also discussed.     

On Kato’s Method for Navier–Stokes Equations

We investigate Kato’s method for parabolic equations with a quadratic non-linearity in an abstract form. We extract several properties known from linear systems theory which turn out to be the essential ingredients for the method. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for these conditions and provide new and more general proofs, based on real interpolation. In application to the Navier–Stokes equations, our approach unifies several results known in the literature, partly with different proofs. Moreover, we establish new existence and uniqueness results for rough initial data on arbitrary domains in \mathbbR³{\mathbb{R}}^{3} and irregular domains in \mathbbRⁿ{\mathbb{R}}^{n}.     

覆冰四分裂导线动态气动系数风洞试验

覆冰导线舞动是由这些导线的气动不稳定性引起的。由于导线动态空气动力特性不同于静态气动系数,本文针对新月形冰形制作了覆冰四分裂导线模型,通过风洞试验动态测试的装置设定可测量不同扭转频率下的空气动力系数。风洞试验得到了不同扭转运动频率、风速和覆冰厚度等关键工况下新月形覆冰四分裂导线的动态空气动力系数。风洞试验结果显示,动态气动系数与静态气动系数存在显著差异。不同于静态气动系数,动态气动系数曲线是环形的,多种参数对气动系数影响明显。结果表明,风洞试验结果为覆冰分裂导线运动研究及其防治技术提供了必要的数据。     

Parabolic Equations in Reifenberg Domains

Natural Sobolev-type estimates are proved for weak solutions of inhomogeneous parabolic equations in divergence form in a bounded cylinder _*=×(0,T] which is -Reifenberg flat in the space direction. The principal coefficients of the operator are assumed to be in BMO space with their BMO semi-norms small enough.     

Transmission in a rectangular waveguide loaded with an arbitrary number of capacitive screens

Summary Green's theorem is applied to individual domains consisting of the walls of a rectangular waveguide and two neighbouring slotted capacitive screens. In addition this theorem is applied to the two end domains, that is, the one containing the incident field and the other containing the transmitted field only. Using the continuity of the electromagnetic field intensities in the slits, a system of simultaneous integral equations is obtained in terms of field intensity functions within the slits. By a change of variables a system of ² linear algebraic equations is derived, and formulae for the principal mode transmission and reflection coefficients are given to any approximation desired. Conditions for a full transmission are derived, especially to a first order approximation. Some applications with regard to the filter properties of the waveguide system are discussed and the theory developed is compared with measurements.     

Equivalence of Dynamics for Nonholonomic Systems with Transverse Constraints

This paper is concerned with the dynamics of a mechanical system subject to nonintegrable constraints. In the first part, we prove the equivalence between the classical nonholonomic equations and those derived from the nonholonomic variational formulation, proposed by Kozlov in [10–12], for a class of constrained systems with constraints transverse to a foliation. This result extends the equivalence between the two formulations, proved for holonomic constraints, to a class of linear nonintegrable ones. In the second part, we derive the nonholonomic variational reduced equations for a constrained system with symmetry and constraint transverse to a principal bundle fibration, using a reduction procedure similar to the one developed in [5]. The resulting equations are compared with the nonholonomic reduced ones through mechanical examples.     

Persistence in Forward Nonautonomous Competitive Systems of Parabolic Equations

In the present paper forward nonautonomous competitive systems of two parabolic second order partial differential equations are studied. The concept of forward uniform persistence for such systems is introduced. Sufficient conditions, expressed in terms of the principal spectrum, are given for those systems to be forward uniformly persistent.     

On the choice of physically realizable parameters when studying the dynamics of spherical and ellipsoidal rigid bodies

The paper presents necessary and sufficient conditions whose must be satisfied by the main geometric and dynamic parameters of spherical, ellipsoidal, or parabolic rigid bodies for their physical realization. The main parameters are both the geometric characteristics of the body boundary (radius of the sphere, semiaxes of the ellipsoid, principal curvatures at the vertex, and the paraboloid center location on its symmetry axis) and the body mass and dynamic characteristics (body mass, displacement of the body center of mass from the center on the paraboloid symmetry axis or from the sphere or ellipsoid center of symmetry, the orientation of the principal central axes of inertia with respect to the principal geometric axes of the shell, and the values of the principal central moments of inertia). The physical realization is understood as the existence of an actual distribution of positive masses inside the sphere, ellipsoid, or paraboloid for which the above-listed characteristics of the body are equal to the chosen ones. Several examples from earlier-published papers dealing with the dynamics of spherical, ellipsoidal, or parabolic bodies with physically unrealizable parameters are given.     

Self-Similar Solutions of Problems of Physicochemical Subsurface Hydromechanics

Self-similar solutions of the equations of physicochemical subsurface hydromechanics corresponding to one-dimensional oil displacement by a solution of an active additive are considered. An approach in which a self-similar solution of a hyperbolic problem is obtained as the limit of the self-similar solution of a parabolic problem when the transport coefficients tend to zero is proposed and realized. Examples of regular and nonregular passage to the limit, when the limit is unique and when the limit depends on a ratio of small transport coefficients, respectively, are given. The physical meaning of nonregularity is discussed in the case of oil displacement by a solution of an ambivalent active additive.     

Threshold Solutions and Sharp Transitions for Nonautonomous Parabolic Equations on $${\mathbb{R}^N}$$

This paper is devoted to a class of nonautonomous parabolic equations of the form u _t = Δu + f(t, u) on \mathbbR^N{\mathbb{R}^N} . We consider a monotone one-parameter family of initial data with compact support, such that for small values of the parameter the corresponding solutions decay to zero, whereas for large values they exhibit a different behavior (either blowup in finite time or locally uniform convergence to a positive constant steady state). We are interested in the set of intermediate values of the parameter for which neither of these behaviors occurs. We refer to such values as threshold values and to the corresponding solutions as threshold solutions. We prove that the transition from decay to the other behavior is sharp: there is just one threshold value. We also describe the behavior of the threshold solution: it is global, bounded, and asymptotically symmetric in the sense that all its limit profiles, as t → ∞, are radially symmetric about the same center. Our proofs rely on parabolic Liouville theorems, asymptotic symmetry results for nonlinear parabolic equations, and theorems on exponential separation and principal Floquet bundles for linear parabolic equations.     

一种抛物线浅拱线性单元

为研究抛物线浅拱在复杂受力状态下的线性内力及位移,考虑拱的压弯耦合作用,基于力法和浅拱假定,对抛物线拱平衡方程、几何方程和物理方程进行了分析;求得了抛物线拱内力方程通解格式,构建了抛物线浅拱位移形函数。利用最小势能原理,构造了抛物线浅拱单元。算例表明,本文构造的抛物线浅拱单元计算的抛物线拱内力与理论解计算结果符合较好,在划分一个单元时最大相对误差仅为4.03%,可用于抛物线拱分析。     

Dissipative and Entropy Solutions to Non-Isotropic Degenerate Parabolic Balance Laws

We propose a new notion of weak solutions (dissipative solutions) for non-isotropic, degenerate, second-order, quasi-linear parabolic equations. This class of solutions is an extension of the notion of dissipative solutions for scalar conservation laws introduced by L. C. Evans. We analyze the relationship between the notions of dissipative and entropy weak solutions for non-isotropic, degenerate, second-order, quasi-linear parabolic equations. As an application we prove the strong convergence of a general relaxation-type approximation for such equations.