The Influence of Moduli Slope of a Linearly Graded Matrix on the Bulk Moduli of Some Particle- and Fiber-Reinforced Composites

The stored energy functional of a homogeneous isotropic elastic body is invariant with respect to translation and rotation of a reference configuration. One can use Noether's Theorem to derive the conservation laws corresponding to these invariant transformations. These conservation laws provide an alternative way of formulating the system of equations governing equilibrium of a homogeneous isotropic body. The resulting system is mathematically identical to the system of equilibrium equations and constitutive relations, generally, of another material. This implies that each solution of the system of equilibrium equations gives rise to another solution, which describes the reciprocal deformation and solves the system of equilibrium equations of another material. In this paper we derive conservation laws and prove the theorem on conjugate solutions for two models of elastic homogeneous isotropic bodies – the model of a simple material and the model of a material with couple stress (Cosserat continuum). This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Exact solutions of the system of the equations of thermal motion of gas in the rarefied space

We study the model describing thermal motion of gas in the rarefied space. This model can be used, in particular, in the study of the state of the medium behind the front of shock wave after very strong blast, in the study of the processes taking place inside of tornado, in the study of the motion of the gas in outer space. For any given initial distribution of the pressure a specific selection of mass Lagrange variables leads to reduction of the system of differential equations describing this motion to the system, for which the number of independent variables is less on the unit. For the obtained system we found all nontrivial conservation laws of the first order. In addition to the classical conservation laws the system has other conservation laws, which generalizes the energy conservation law. We obtained the exact solutions of this system. These solutions describe a variety of different physical processes taking place in the rarefied medium. Using the symmetry properties of the system we got the generating formulas for the receipt of the new solutions using already found earlier solutions of the system.     

Discontinuous solutions of the shallow water equations on a rotatable attracting sphere

The shallow water equations on a rotatable attracting sphere represent a system of hyperbolic equations on a compact manifold. These equations are derived in a spherical coordinate system from the integral laws of mass and total momentum conservation with account for the Coriolis and centrifugal forces. An analysis of the stability of discontinuous solutions with discontinuous waves and contact discontinuities is made using the closing law of total energy conservation, which represents a convex extension of the basic conservation-law system. The classes of stationary, one-dimensional (latitude-dependent only) exact solutions with contact discontinuities and discontinuous waves are constructed. Within the framework of the one-dimensional equations the test problem of wave flows resulting from the simultaneous break of two dams confining a fluid at rest in the vicinities of the poles is numerically modeled.     

Symmetries of the hyperbolic shallow water equations and the Green–Naghdi model in Lagrangian coordinates

The observation that the hyperbolic shallow water equations and the Green–Naghdi equations in Lagrangian coordinates have the form of an Euler–Lagrange equation with a natural Lagrangian allows us to apply Noether's theorem for constructing conservation laws for these equations. In this study the complete group analysis of these equations is given: admitted Lie groups of point and contact transformations, classification of the point symmetries and all invariant solutions are studied. For the hyperbolic shallow water equations new conservation laws which have no analog in Eulerian coordinates are obtained. Using Noether's theorem a new conservation law of the Green–Naghdi equations is found. The dependence of solutions on the parameter is illustrated by self-similar solutions which are invariant solutions of both models.     

A Geometrical Approach to Nonconservative Shocks and Elastoplastic Shocks

We study systems of conservation laws with convex inequality constraints. We analyze shock solutions for the underlying nonconservative system of partial differential equations. Then we study a model elastoplastic system of partial differential equations in the context of hypoelasticity. We show that a sonic point is necessary to construct a compression solution that begins at a constrained compressed state.     

Application of Lie transformation group methods to classical linear theories of rods and plates

In the present paper, a class of partial differential equations governing various rod and plate theories of Bernoulli–Euler and Poisson–Kirchhoff type is studied by Lie transformation group methods. A system of equations determining the generators of the admitted point Lie groups (symmetries) is derived and the general statement of the associated group-classification problem is given. A simple relation is deduced allowing to recognize easily the variational symmetries among the “ordinary” symmetries of a self-adjoint equation of the class examined. Explicit formulae for the conserved currents of the corresponding (via Bessel-Hagen’s extension of Noether’s theorem) conservation laws are suggested. Solutions of group-classification problems are given for subclasses of equations of the foregoing type governing stability and vibration of rods, fluid conveying pipes and plates resting on variable elastic foundations. The obtained group-classification results are used to derive conservation laws and group-invariant solutions readily applicable in rod dynamics and plate statics and dynamics. New generalized symmetries and conservation laws for the theories of Timoshenko beams, Reissner–Mindlin plates and three-dimensional elastostatics are presented.     

Potential symmetries and conservation laws for generalized quasilinear hyperbolic equations

Based on the Lie group method, the potential symmetries and invariant solutions for generalized quasilinear hyperbolic equations are studied. To obtain the invariant solutions in an explicit form, the physically interesting situations with potential symmetries are focused on, and the conservation laws for these equations in three physically interesting cases are found by using the partial Lagrangian approach.     

Method of <Emphasis Type="Italic">A</Emphasis>-operators and conservation laws for the equations of gas dynamics

An algorithm is proposed which allows all conservation laws for a system of differential equations to be to obtained from its one zero-order conservation law for which the general rank of the Jacobi matrix is equal to the number of independent variables of the system. The efficiency of the algorithm is shown by examples of the equations of gas dynamics, for which new conservation laws are derived. For the equations considered, additional symmetry properties related to these conservation laws are established. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 53–60, March–April, 2009.     

Conservation laws and group properties of equations of isentropic gas motion

A system of equations of isentropic gas motion with n ⩾ 2 is classified in terms of zero-order conservation laws with the use of the method of A-operators. New conservation laws are found to be valid only for potential isentropic motion of the Chaplygin gas. In this case, the greatest number of nontrivial conservation laws is obtained, with n scalar conservation laws being nonlocal. Additional properties of symmetry of the considered equations associated with these conservation laws are indicated.     

弱非线性动力学方程的 Noether 准对称性与近似 Noether 守恒量

自然界和工程技术领域存在大量的非线性问题,它们通常需要用非线性微分方程来描述. 守恒量在微分方程的求解、约化和定性分析方面发挥重要作用. 因此,研究非线性动力学方程的近似守恒量具有重要意义. 文章利用 Noether 对称性方法研究弱非线性动力学方程的近似守恒量. 首先,将弱非线性动力学方程化为一般完整系统的 Lagrange 方程,在 Lagrange 框架下建立 Noether 准对称性的定义和广义 Noether 等式,给出近似 Noether 守恒量. 其次,将弱非线性动力学方程化为相空间中一般完整系统的 Hamilton 方程,在 Hamilton 框架下建立 Noether 准对称性的定义和广义 Noether 等式,给出近似 Noether 守恒量. 再次,将弱非线性动力学方程化为广义 Birkhoff 方程,在 Birkhoff 框架下建立 Noether 准对称性的定义和广义 Noether 等式,给出近似 Noether 守恒量. 最后,以著名的 van der Pol 方程,Duffing 方程以及弱非线性耦合振子为例,分析三个不同框架下弱非线性系统的 Noether 准对称性与近似 Noether 守恒量的计算. 结果表明:同一弱非线性动力学方程可以化为不同的一般完整系统或不同的广义 Birkhoff 系统;Hamilton 框架下的结果是 Birkhoff 框架的特例,而 Lagrange 框架下的结果与 Hamilton 框架的等价. 利用 Noether 对称性方法寻找弱非线性动力学方程的近似守恒量不仅方便有效,而且具有较大的灵活性.      

NOETHER QUASI-SYMMETRY AND APPROXIMATE NOETHER CONSERVATION LAWS FOR WEAKLY NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL EQUATIONS 1)

自然界和工程技术领域存在大量的非线性问题,它们通常需要用非线性微分方程来描述. 守恒量在微分方程的求解、约化和定性分析方面发挥重要作用. 因此,研究非线性动力学方程的近似守恒量具有重要意义. 文章利用 Noether 对称性方法研究弱非线性动力学方程的近似守恒量. 首先,将弱非线性动力学方程化为一般完整系统的 Lagrange 方程,在 Lagrange 框架下建立 Noether 准对称性的定义和广义 Noether 等式,给出近似 Noether 守恒量. 其次,将弱非线性动力学方程化为相空间中一般完整系统的 Hamilton 方程,在 Hamilton 框架下建立 Noether 准对称性的定义和广义 Noether 等式,给出近似 Noether 守恒量. 再次,将弱非线性动力学方程化为广义 Birkhoff 方程,在 Birkhoff 框架下建立 Noether 准对称性的定义和广义 Noether 等式,给出近似 Noether 守恒量. 最后,以著名的 van der Pol 方程,Duffing 方程以及弱非线性耦合振子为例,分析三个不同框架下弱非线性系统的 Noether 准对称性与近似 Noether 守恒量的计算. 结果表明：同一弱非线性动力学方程可以化为不同的一般完整系统或不同的广义 Birkhoff 系统;Hamilton 框架下的结果是 Birkhoff 框架的特例,而 Lagrange 框架下的结果与 Hamilton 框架的等价. 利用 Noether 对称性方法寻找弱非线性动力学方程的近似守恒量不仅方便有效,而且具有较大的灵活性.     

On the uniqueness of symmetric algebraic consequences implied by a system of conservation laws consistent with the additional conservation equation

In mathematical physics, one often encounters systems of conservation laws which are consistent with an additional conservation equation. Such systems are of particular interest from the point of view of phenomenological thermodynamics where the additional conservation equation is often interpreted as the entropy law. The systems of conservation laws which imply the additional conservation law are strongly related to symmetric systems. These relations are exploited in thermodynamical theories where the system of field equations consistent with the balance of entropy is often assumed to be symmetric.In this paper we use an invariant definition of symmetric system in order to show that the system of balance laws implies the additional balance law if and only if it implies a symmetric system of a certain kind (see Section 2) and that such a symmetric system is uniquely defined.This property is interesting in the context of a more general question; what conditions for a given system of conservation laws are necessary and/or sufficient to ensure the existence of the additional conservation law.     

Asymptotic Research of Nonlinear Wave Processes in Saturated Porous Media

The problem of nonlinear wave dynamics of a fluid-saturated porous medium is investigated. The mathematical model proposed is based on the classical Frenkel--Biot--Nikolaevskiy theory concerning elastic wave propagation and includes mass, momentum, energy conservation laws, as well as rheological and thermodynamic relations. The model describes nonlinear, dispersive, and dissipative medium. To solve the system of differential equations, an asymptotic modified two-scales method is developed and a Cauchy problem for initial equations system is transformed to a Cauchy problem for nonlinear generalized Korteweg--de Vries--Burgers equation for modulated quick wave amplitudes and an inhomogeneous set of equations for slow background motion. Stationary solutions of the derived evolutionary equation that have been constructed numerically reflect different regimes of elastic wave attenuation: diffusive, oscillating, and soliton-like.     

THE DERIVATION OF REYNOLDS TRANSPORT EQUATION FOR ARBITRARY MOTION CONTROL VOLUME BASED ON THE DYNAMIC BOUNDARY CALCULUS

严格而言,流体力学中所有守恒定律均是针对物质体系的(或称流体系统),如质量、动量、动量矩和能量等守恒定律。如果跟随物质体系描述和表征流体质点系的运动行为,即为Lagrange描述方法;如果把物质体系的运动和守恒定律转换到空间坐标系中,即为人们常说的Euler描述方法。因此,对于具体考察(跟随的)的流体物质系统而言,各守恒定律存在由物质体系表征到空间体系表征的转换,这个转换关系就是著名的Reynolds输运方程。本文从动边界微积分关系式出发,系统推导了在不同运动速度控制体上的雷诺输运方程,并通过讨论进一步阐明各种不同形式输运方程的物理意义。     

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.     

Noether-Type Symmetries and Conservation Laws Via Partial Lagrangians

We show how one can construct conservation laws of Euler-Lagrange-type equations via Noether-type symmetry operators associated with what we term partial Lagrangians. This is even in the case when a system does not directly have a usual Lagrangian, e.g. scalar evolution equations. These Noether-type symmetry operators do not form a Lie algebra in general. We specify the conditions under which they do form an algebra. Furthermore, the conditions under which they are symmetries of the Euler-Lagrange-type equations are derived. Examples are given including those that admit a standard Lagrangian such as the Maxwellian tail equation, and equations that do not such as the heat and nonlinear heat equations. We also obtain new conservation laws from Noether-type symmetry operators for a class of nonlinear heat equations in more than two independent variables.     

Variational principles and conservation laws to the Burridge–Knopoff equation

We generate conservation laws for the Burridge–Knopoff equation which model nonlinear dynamics of earthquake faults by a new conservation theorem proposed recently by Ibragimov. One can employ this new general theorem for every differential equation (or systems) and derive new local and nonlocal conservation laws. Nonlocal conservation laws comprise nonlocal variables defined by the adjoint equations to the Burridge–Knopoff equation.     

Classical and nonclassical symmetry classifications of nonlinear wave equation with dissipation

A complete classical symmetry classification and a nonclassical symmetry classification of a class of nonlinear wave equations are given with three arbitrary parameter functions. The obtained results show that such nonlinear wave equations admit richer classical and nonclassical symmetries, leading to the conservation laws and the reduction of the wave equations. Some exact solutions of the considered wave equations for particular cases are derived.     

Divergence‐Measure Fields and Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

. We analyze a class of vector fields, called divergence‐measure fields. We establish the Gauss‐Green formula, the normal traces over subsets of Lipschitz boundaries, and the product rule for this class of fields. Then we apply this theory to analyze entropy solutions of initial‐boundary‐value problems for hyperbolic conservation laws and to study the ways in which the solutions assume their initial and boundary data. The examples of conservation laws include multidimensional scalar equations, the system of nonlinear elasticity, and a class of systems with affine characteristic hypersurfaces. The analysis in also extends to . (Accepted July 16, 1998)     

Improvements in mass conservation using alternative boundary implementations for a quasi‐bubble finite element shallow water model

Finite element approaches generally do not guarantee exact satisfaction of conservation laws especially when Dirichlet‐type boundary conditions are imposed. This article discusses improvement of the global mass conservation property of quasi‐bubble finite element solutions for the shallow water equations, focusing on implementations of the surface‐elevation boundary conditions. We propose two alternative implementations, which are shown by numerical verification to be effective in improving the smoothness of solutions near the boundary and in reducing the mass conservation error. The improvement of the mass conservation property contributes to augmenting the reliability and robustness of long‐term time integrations. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.