Global existence and blow-up of solutions for some hyperbolic systems with damping and source terms

This paper deals with the global existence and blow-up of solutions to some nonlinear hyperbolic systems with damping and source terms in a bounded domain. By using the potential well method, we obtain the global existence. Moreover, for the problem with linear damping terms, blow-up of solutions is considered and some estimates for the lifespan of solutions are given.     

Global existence, asymptotic behavior and blow-up of solutions for coupled Klein-Gordon equations with damping terms

This paper studies the Cauchy problem for the coupled system of nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations with damping terms. We first state the existence of standing wave with ground state, based on which we prove a sharp criteria for global existence and blow-up of solutions when E(0)<d. We then introduce a family of potential wells and discuss the invariant sets and vacuum isolating behavior of solutions for 0<E(0)<d and E(0)≤0, respectively. Furthermore, we prove the global existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions for the case of potential well family with 0<E(0)<d. Finally, a blow-up result for solutions with arbitrarily positive initial energy is obtained.     

Existence and nonexistence of global solutions for a class of nonlinear wave equations of higher order

In this paper, we investigate the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the Cauchy problem for a class of nonlinear wave equations of higher order and prove the existence and nonexistence of global solutions to this problem by a potential well method.     

On the asymptotic behavior of nonlinear waves in the presence of a short-range potential

Consider the nonlinear wave equation with zero mass and a time-independent potential in three space dimensions. When it comes to the associated Cauchy problem, it is already known that short-range potentials do not affect the existence of small-amplitude solutions. In this paper, we focus on the associated scattering problem and we show that the situation is quite different there. In particular, we show that even arbitrarily small and rapidly decaying potentials may affect the asymptotic behavior of solutions.     

An energy-preserving nonlinear system modeling a string with input and output on the boundary

We study an energy conserving distributed parameter system described by a nonlinear string equation with the input and output at the boundary. We prove the existence of global smooth solutions to this quasilinear hyperbolic system if the initial data and the boundary input are small. If, moreover, the input function becomes zero after some finite time, then the state trajectories decay exponentially.     

Generalized 1D Jörgens theorem

We study the Cauchy problem for a 1D nonlinear wave equation on R. The nonlinearity can depend on the unknown function and its first order spatial derivative. Using the fixed point theorem we prove the existence of a classical solution. Moreover, the existence of periodic and almost periodic solutions are shown.     

Stable boundary layers in a diffusion problem with nonlinear reaction at the boundary

We prove the existence of nonconstant stable stationary solutions of an evolution problem with a nonlinear reaction acting on the boundary. These solutions present layers at certain points of the boundary. We also study the behavior of these solutions as the small parameter appearing in the equation approaches zero and show some stability properties of the profiles given by these equilibrium solutions.     

Critical exponent for damped wave equations with nonlinear memory

We consider the Cauchy problem in Rⁿ,n≥1, for a semilinear damped wave equation with nonlinear memory. Global existence and asymptotic behavior as t→∞ of small data solutions have been established in the case when 1≤n≤3. We also derive a blow-up result under some positive data in any dimensional space.     

Nonlinear diffusion waves for hyperbolic p-system with nonlinear damping

This paper is concerned with the p-system of hyperbolic conservation laws with nonlinear damping. When the constant states are small, the solutions of the Cauchy problem for the damped p-system globally exist and converge to their corresponding nonlinear diffusion waves, which are the solutions of the corresponding nonlinear parabolic equation given by the Darcy's law. The optimal convergence rates are also obtained. In order to overcome the difficulty caused by the nonlinear damping, a couple of correction functions have been technically constructed. The approach adopted is the elementary energy method together with the technique of approximating Green function. On the other hand, when the constant states are large, the solutions of the Cauchy problem for the p-system will blow up at a finite time.     

Global small amplitude solutions for two-dimensional nonlinear Klein-Gordon systems in the presence of mass resonance

We consider a nonlinear system of two-dimensional Klein-Gordon equations with masses m₁, m₂ satisfying the resonance relation m₂=2m₁>0. We introduce a structural condition on the nonlinearities under which the solution exists globally in time and decays at the rate O(|t|⁻¹) as t→±∞ in L^∞. In particular, our new condition includes the Yukawa type interaction, which has been excluded from the null condition in the sense of J.-M. Delort, D. Fang and R. Xue [J.-M. Delort, D. Fang, R. Xue, Global existence of small solutions for quadratic quasilinear Klein-Gordon systems in two space dimensions, J. Funct. Anal. 211 (2004) 288-323].     

Strong instability of solitary waves for nonlinear Klein–Gordon equations and generalized Boussinesq equations

We study here instability problems of standing waves for the nonlinear Klein–Gordon equations and solitary waves for the generalized Boussinesq equations. It is shown that those special wave solutions may be strongly unstable by blowup in finite time, depending on the range of the wave's frequency or the wave's speed of propagation and on the nonlinearity.     

Well-posedness for two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows past a Lipschitz wedge

For a supersonic Euler flow past a straight-sided wedge whose vertex angle is less than the extreme angle, there exists a shock-front emanating from the wedge vertex, and the shock-front is usually strong especially when the vertex angle of the wedge is large. In this paper, we establish the L¹ well-posedness for two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows past a Lipschitz wedge whose boundary slope function has small total variation, when the total variation of the incoming flow is small. In this case, the Lipschitz wedge perturbs the flow, and the waves reflect after interacting with the strong shock-front and the wedge boundary. We first obtain the existence of solutions in BV when the incoming flow has small total variation by the wave front tracking method and then establish the L¹ stability of the solutions with respect to the incoming flows. In particular, we incorporate the nonlinear waves generated from the wedge boundary to develop a Lyapunov functional between two solutions containing strong shock-fronts, which is equivalent to the L¹ norm, and prove that the functional decreases in the flow direction. Then the L¹ stability is established, so is the uniqueness of the solutions by the wave front tracking method. Finally, the uniqueness of solutions in a broader class, the class of viscosity solutions, is also obtained.     

Decay and scattering of solutions for a generalized Boussinesq equation

In this paper, we consider the long-time behavior of small solutions of the Cauchy problem for a generalized Boussinesq equation. A scattering operator and the nonlinear scattering for small amplitude solutions of the Boussinesq equation are established under certain hypotheses.     

Long-time existence for semi-linear Klein-Gordon equations on tori

We use normal forms for Sobolev energy to prove that small smooth solutions of semi-linear Klein-Gordon equations on the torus exist over a larger interval than the one given by local existence theory, for almost every value mass. The gain on the length of the lifespan does not depend on the dimension. The result relies on the fact that the difference of square of two successive distinct eigenvalues of on Td can be bounded from below by a constant.     

Long-time behavior of solutions to a nonlinear hyperbolic relaxation system

We study the large time behavior of solutions of a one-dimensional hyperbolic relaxation system that may be written as a nonlinear damped wave equation. First, we prove the global existence of a unique solution and their decay properties for sufficiently small initial data. We also show that for some large initial data, solutions blow-up in finite time. For quadratic nonlinearities, we prove that the large time behavior of solutions is given by the fundamental solution of the viscous Burgers equation. In some other cases, the convection term is too weak and the large time behavior is given by the linear heat kernel.     

Existence, blow-up and exponential decay estimates for a nonlinear wave equation with boundary conditions of two-point type

This paper is devoted to studying a nonlinear wave equation with boundary conditions of two-point type. First, we state two local existence theorems and under the suitable conditions, we prove that any weak solutions with negative initial energy will blow up in finite time. Next, we give a sufficient condition to guarantee the global existence and exponential decay of weak solutions. Finally, we present numerical results.     

Regularity for obstacle problems in infinite dimensional Hilbert spaces

In this paper we study fully nonlinear obstacle-type problems in Hilbert spaces. We introduce the notion of Q-elliptic equation and prove existence, uniqueness, and regularity of viscosity solutions of Q-elliptic obstacle problems. In particular we show that solutions of concave problems with semiconvex obstacles are in the space .     

Global solutions and self-similar solutions of semilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem of semilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms a(x)|u|^q−1u|∇u|^p. We prove the existence of global solutions and self-similar solutions for small initial data. Moreover, for a class of initial data we show that the global solutions behave asymptotically like self-similar solutions as t→∞.     

Upwind finite volume schemes for weakly coupled hyperbolic systems of conservation laws in 2D

Summary. Systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws in two space dimensions are considered which are characterized by the fact that the coupling of the equations is only due to source terms. To solve these weakly coupled systems numerically a class of explicit and implicit upwind finite volume methods on unstructured grids is presented. Provided an unique entropy solution of the system of conservation laws exists we prove that the approximations obtained by these schemes converge for vanishing discretization parameter to this entropy solution. These results are applied to examples from combustion theory and hydrology where the existence of entropy solutions can be shown. The proofs rely on an extension of a result due to DiPerna concerning measure valued solutions to the case of weakly coupled hyperbolic systems. Received April 29, 1997     

Asymptotic nonlinear stability of traveling waves to conservation laws arising from chemotaxis

In this paper, we establish the existence and the nonlinear stability of traveling wave solutions to a system of conservation laws which is transformed, by a change of variable, from the well-known Keller-Segel model describing cell (bacteria) movement toward the concentration gradient of the chemical that is consumed by the cells. We prove the existence of traveling fronts by the phase plane analysis and show the asymptotic nonlinear stability of traveling wave solutions without the smallness assumption on the wave strengths by the method of energy estimates.