RELAXATION TIME LIMITS PROBLEM FOR HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS IN SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE

In this article, two relaxation time limits, namely, the momentum relaxation time limit and the energy relaxation time limit are considered. By the compactness argument, it is obtained that the smooth solutions of the multidimensional nonisentropic Euler-Poisson problem converge to the solutions of an energy transport model or a drift diffusion model, respectively, with respect to different time scales.     

Relaxation Limit for Aw-Rascle System

We study the relaxation limit for the Aw-Rascle system of traffic flow. For this we apply the theory of invariant regions and the compensated compactness method to get global existence of Cauchy problem for a particular Aw-Rascle system with source, where the source is the relaxation term, and we show the convergence of this solutions to the equilibrium state.     

Second Order Nonlinear Evolution Inclusions Ⅰ： Existence and Relaxation Results

This is the first part of a work on second order nonlinear, nonmonotone evolution inclusions defined in the framework of an evolution triple of spaces and with a multivalued nonlinearity depending on both x（t） and x（t）. In this first part we prove existence and relaxation theorems. We consider the case of an usc, convex valued nonlinearity and we show that for this problem the solution set is nonempty and compact in C^1 （T, H）. Also we examine the Isc, nonconvex case and again we prove the existence of solutions. In addition we establish the existence of extremal solutions and by strengthening our hypotheses, we show that the extremal solutions are dense in C^1 （T, H） to the solutions of the original convex problem （strong relaxation）. An example of a nonlinear hyperbolic optimal control problem is also discussed.     

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND EXPONENTIAL STABILITY OF SOLUTIONS TO THE QUASILINEAR THERMO-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS WITH SECOND SOUND

This article is devoted to the study of global existence and exponential stability of solutions to an initial-boundary value problem of the quasilinear thermo-diffusion equations with second sound by means of multiplicative techniques and energy method provided that the initial data are close to the equilibrium and the relaxation kernel is strongly positive definite and decays exponentially.     

ELASTIC MEMBRANE EQUATION WITH MEMORY TERM AND NONLINEAR BOUNDARY DAMPING:GLOBAL EXISTENCE,DECAY AND BLOWUP OF THE SOLUTION

In this paper we consider the Elastic membrane equation with memory term and nonlinear boundary damping.Under some appropriate assumptions on the relaxation function h and with certain initial data,the global existence of solutions and a general decay for the energy are established using the multiplier technique.Also,we show that a nonlinear source of polynomial type is able to force solutions to blow up in finite time even in presence of a nonlinear damping.     

SEMI-DEFINITE RELAXATION ALGORITHM FOR SINGLE MACHINE SCHEDULING WITH CONTROLLABLE PROCESSING TIMES

The authors present a semi-definite relaxation algorithm for the scheduling problem with controllable times on a single machine. Their approach shows how to relate this problem with the maximum vertex-cover problem with kernel constraints (MKVC). The established relationship enables to transfer the approximate solutions of MKVC into the approximate solutions for the scheduling problem. Then, they show how to obtain an integer approximate solution for MKVC based on the semi-definite relaxation and randomized rounding technique.     

非线性比式和问题的全局优化算法

In this paper,a global optimization algorithm is proposed for nonlinear sum of ratios problem(P).The algorithm works by globally solving problem(P1) that is equivalent to problem(P),by utilizing linearization technique a linear relaxation programming of the (P1) is then obtained.The proposed algorithm is convergent to the global minimum of(P1) through the successive refinement of linear relaxation of the feasible region of objective function and solutions of a series of linear relaxation programming.Nume...     

GENERAL DECAY OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM FOR KIRCHHOFF TYPE WAVE EQUATIONS WITH BOUNDARY MEMORY CONDITION

In this paper, we investigate the influence of boundary dissipation on the de-cay property of solutions for a transmission problem of Kirchhoff type wave equation with boundary memory condition. By introducing suitable energy and Lyapunov functionals, we establish a general decay estimate for the energy, which depends on the behavior of relaxation function.     

GENERAL DECAY FOR A DIFFERENTIAL INCLUSION OF KIRCHHOFF TYPE WITH A MEMORY CONDITION AT THE BOUNDARY

In this article, we consider a differential inclusion of Kirchhoff type with a memory condition at the boundary. We prove the asymptotic behavior of the corresponding solutions. For a wider class of relaxation functions, we establish a more general decay result, from which the usual exponential and polynomial decay rates are only special cases.     

AN ITERATIVE HYBRIDIZED MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR ELLIPTIC INTERFACE PROBLEMS WITH STRONGLY DISCONTINUOUS COEFFICIENTS

An iterative algorithm is proposed and analyzed based on a hybridized mized finite element method for numerically solving two-phase generalized Stefan interface problems with strongly discontinuous solutions,conormal derivatives,and coefficients.This algorithm iteratively solves small problems for each single phase with good accuracy and exchange information at the interface to advance the iteration until convergence ,following the idea of Schwarz Alternating Methods,Error estimates are derived to show that this algorithm always converges provided that relaxation parameters are suitably chosen,Numeric exper-iments with matching and non-matching grids at the interface from different phases are performed to show the accuracy of the method for capturing discontinuities in the solutions and coefficients.In contrast to standard numerical methods,the accuracy of our method does not seem to deteriorate as the coefficient discontinuity increases.     

The Asymptotic Behavior of Global Smooth Solutions to the Macroscopic Models for Semiconductors

The authors study the asymptotic behavior of the smooth solutions to the Cauchy problems for two macroscopic models (hydrodynamic and drift-diffusion models) for semiconductors and the related relaxation limit problem. First, it is proved that the solutions to these two systems converge to the unique stationary solution time asymptotically without the smallness assumption on doping profile. Then, very sharp estimates on the smooth solutions, independent of the relaxation time, are obtained and used to establish the zero relaxation limit.     

Energy-transport and drift-diffusion limits of nonisentropic Euler–Poisson equations

Two relaxation limits in critical spaces for the scaled nonisentropic Euler–Poisson equations with the momentum relaxation time and energy relaxation time are considered. As the first step of this justification, the uniform (global) classical solutions to the Cauchy problem in Chemin–Lerner?s spaces with critical regularity are constructed. Furthermore, by the compactness argument, it is rigorously justified that the scaled classical solutions converge to the solutions of energy-transport equations and drift-diffusion equations, respectively, with respect to different time scales.     

Relaxation Results for Hybrid Inclusions

The Filippov–Wa?ewski relaxation theorem describes when the set of solutions to a differential inclusion is dense in the set of solutions to the relaxed (convexified) differential inclusion. This paper establishes relaxation results for a broad range of hybrid systems which combine differential inclusions, difference inclusions, and constraints on the continuous and discrete motions induced by these inclusions. The relaxation results are used to deduce continuous dependence on initial conditions of the sets of solutions to hybrid systems.     

A roe-type Riemann solver for hyperbolic systems with relaxation based on time-dependent wave decomposition

Summary. The paper is devoted to the construction of a higher order Roe-type numerical scheme for the solution of hyperbolic systems with relaxation source terms. It is important for applications that the numerical scheme handles both stiff and non stiff source terms with the same accuracy and computational cost and that the relaxation variables are computed accurately in the stiff case. The method is based on the solution of a Riemann problem for a linear system with constant coefficients: a study of the behavior of the solutions of both the nonlinear and linearized problems as the relaxation time tends to zero enables to choose a convenient linearization such that the numerical scheme is consistent with both the hyperbolic system when the source terms are absent and the correct relaxation system when the relaxation time tends to zero. The method is applied to the study of the propagation of sound waves in a two-phase medium. The comparison between our numerical scheme, usual fractional step methods, and numerical simulation of the relaxation system shows the necessity of using the solutions of a fully coupled hyperbolic system with relaxation terms as the basis of a numerical scheme to obtain accurate solutions regardless of the stiffness. Received October 7, 1994 / Revised version received September 27, 1995     

TIME-ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY OF BOUNDARY-LAYERS FOR A HYPERBOLIC RELAXATION SYSTEM

This work is concerned with time-asymptotic stability of boundary-layers for a typical hyperbolic relaxation system. Under a nonclassical requirement characterizing a class of boundary conditions for the typical system, we prove the global (in time) existence and asymptotic decay of solutions with initial data close to the steady solutions or relaxation boundary-layers.     

Diffusion relaxation limit of a bipolar hydrodynamic model for semiconductors

In the paper, we discuss the relaxation limit of a bipolar isentropic hydrodynamical models for semiconductors with small momentum relaxation time. With the help of the Maxwell iteration, we prove that, as the relaxation time tends to zero, periodic initial-value problems of a scaled bipolar isentropic hydrodynamic model have unique smooth solutions existing in the time interval where the classical drift-diffusion model has smooth solutions. Meanwhile, we justify a formal derivation of the corresponding drift-diffusion model from the bipolar hydrodynamic model.     

Relaxation limit for a symmetrically hyperbolic system

In this paper, we apply the invariant region theory to get an a prioriL^∞ estimate of the relaxation approximated solutions to the Cauchy problem of a symmetrically hyperbolic system with stiff relaxation and dominant diffusion, and then obtain that the relaxation approximated solutions converge almost everywhere to the equilibrium state of the symmetrical system with the aid of the compactness framework about the scalar equation.     

The relaxation-time limit in the compressible Euler–Maxwell equations

The aim of this paper is to study multidimensional Euler–Maxwell equations for plasmas with short momentum relaxation time. The convergence for the smooth solutions to the compressible Euler–Maxwell equations toward the solutions to the smooth solutions to the drift–diffusion equations is proved by means of the Maxwell iteration, as the relaxation time tends to zero. Meanwhile, the formal derivation of the latter from the former is justified.     

A discrete BGK approximation for strongly degenerate parabolic problems with boundary conditions

We consider a class of BGK systems with a finite number of velocities, depending on a positive relaxation parameter, that approximate strongly degenerate hyperbolic-parabolic equations with initial boundary conditions. We prove a priori estimates for the solutions of the systems, showing that these functions converge towards the entropy solutions of strongly degenerate problems when the relaxation parameter goes to zero.