A theoretical analysis of forced convection in a porous-saturated circular tube: Brinkman–Forchheimer model

Fully developed forced convection inside a circular tube filled with saturated porous medium and with uniform heat flux at the wall is investigated on the basis of a Brinkman–Forchheimer model. The matched asymptotic expansion method is applied at small Darcy numbers. For large Darcy numbers, the solution for the Brinkman–Forchheimer momentum equation is found in terms of an asymptotic expansion. Once the velocity distribution is determined, the energy equation is solved using the same asymptotic technique. The results for the two limiting cases of clear fluid and Darcy flow conditions show good agreement with those available in the literature.     

Viscous boundary layers for the Navier–Stokes equations with the Navier slip conditions

We tackle the issue of the inviscid limit of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations when the Navier slip-with-friction conditions are prescribed on impermeable boundaries. We justify an asymptotic expansion which involves a weak amplitude boundary layer, with the same thickness as in Prandtl’s theory and a linear behavior. This analysis holds for general regular domains, in both dimensions two and three.     

Periodic Step-Like Contrast Structures for a Quasilinear Parabolic Equation with Small Diffusion Coefficient

Using the method of boundary functions, for a quasilinear parabolic equation with small diffusion coefficient we construct an asymptotic expansion of a periodic solution with internal transition layer. Sufficient conditions for the existence of this solution are obtained. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 329–350, July–September, 2005.     

Second Order Adaptive Boundary Conditions for Exterior Flow Problems: Non-Symmetric Stationary Flows in Two Dimensions

We consider the problem of solving numerically the stationary incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in an exterior domain in two dimensions. For numerical purposes we truncate the domain to a finite sub-domain, which leads to the problem of finding so called “artificial boundary conditions” to replace the boundary conditions at infinity. To solve this problem we construct – by combining results from dynamical systems theory with matched asymptotic expansion techniques based on the old ideas of Goldstein and Van Dyke – a smooth divergence free vector field depending explicitly on drag and lift and describing the solution to second and dominant third order, asymptotically at large distances from the body. The resulting expression appears to be new, even on a formal level. This improves the method introduced by the authors in a previous paper and generalizes it to non-symmetric flows. The numerical scheme determines the boundary conditions and the forces on the body in a self-consistent way as an integral part of the solution process. When compared with our previous paper where first order asymptotic expressions were used on the boundary, the inclusion of second and third order asymptotic terms further reduces the computational cost for determining lift and drag to a given precision by typically another order of magnitude. Peter Wittwer: Supported in part by the Fonds National Suisse.     

Asymptotic analysis of boundary-value problems in thin perforated domains with rapidly varying thickness

For a second-order symmetric uniformly elliptic differential operator with rapidly oscillating coefficients, we study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of a mixed inhomogeneous boundary-value problem and a spectral Neumann problem in a thin perforated domain with rapidly varying thickness. We obtain asymptotic estimates for the differences between solutions of the original problems and the corresponding homogenized problems. These results were announced in Dopovidi Akademii Nauk Ukrainy, No. 10, 15–19 (1991). The new results obtained in the present paper are related to the construction of an asymptotic expansion of a solution of a mixed homogeneous boundary-value problem under additional assumptions of symmetry for the coefficients of the operator and for the thin perforated domain.     

The Low Mach Number Limit for the Full Navier–Stokes–Fourier System

We study the low Mach number asymptotic limit for solutions to the full Navier–Stokes–Fourier system, supplemented with ill-prepared data and considered on an arbitrary time interval. Convergencetowards the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations is shown.     

Asymptotic properties of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a degenerate singularly perturbed system of differential equations in the case of the multiple spectrum of the principal operator

We prove the asymptotic character of a solution of the Cauchy problem for a singularly perturbed linear system of differential equations with degenerate matrix of the coefficients of derivatives in the case where the limit matrix pencil is regular and has multiple “finite” and “infinite” elementary divisors. We establish conditions under which the constructed formal solutions are asymptotic expansions of the corresponding exact solutions. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 247–257, April–June, 2007.     

On axisymmetric motion of an incompressible elastic medium under impact loading

The method of matched asymptotic expansions was employed to obtain approximate solutions to the one-dimensional boundary-value problems of nonlinear dynamic elasticity theory of impact loading on the surface of a cylindrical cavity of an incompressible medium that causes antiplane motion or torsion of the medium. The expansion of the solution in the near-front region is based on solutions of evolution equations different from the equations for quasi-simple waves. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 144–151, November–December, 2006.     

Stability of the Front under a Vlasov–Fokker–Planck Dynamics

We consider a kinetic model for a system of two species of particles interacting through a long range repulsive potential and a reservoir at given temperature. The model is described by a set of two coupled Vlasov–Fokker–Plank equations. The important front solution, which represents the phase boundary, is a stationary solution on the real line with given asymptotic values at infinity. We prove the asymptotic stability of the front for small symmetric perturbations.     

Nonlinear interaction of surface waves in a basin covered with broken ice

The nonlinear interaction of periodic traveling waves of the first and second harmonics in a constant-depth uniform fluid covered with broken ice is considered. Uniform asymptotic expansions up to third-order values for the velocity potential of the fluid and the elevation of the basin surface are found by means of the multivariable expansion procedure. The dependence of the wave perturbations on the thickness of the ice and the interacting-harmonic characteristics is analyzed. Sevastopol. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 136–143, July–August, 1994.     

The thomson friction self-oscillations of a two-mass system with delay

A technique is proposed to study and design a mechanical self-oscillating system in the quasiharmonic-oscillation regime. The technique is based on the polynomial approximation of the force due to dry sliding friction by a finite number of terms in the Taylor-series expansion with allowance for energy dissipation in accordance with Pisarenko's hypothesis and the first “improved” asymptotic approximation. Transport University, Kiev, Ukraine. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 137–144, July, 2000.     

On the Camassa–Holm and K–dV Hierarchies

It is known that a transform of Liouville type allows one to pass from an equation of the Korteweg–de Vries (K–dV) hierarchy to a corresponding equation of the Camassa–Holm (CH) hierarchy (Beals et al., Adv Math 154:229–257, 2000; McKean, Commun Pure Appl Math 56(7):998–1015, 2003). We give a systematic development of the correspondence between these hierarchies by using the coefficients of asymptotic expansions of certain Green’s functions. We illustrate our procedure with some examples.     

On a class of internal solitary waves in a two-layer fluid

Solitary waves on an interface between two fluids are considered. A uniform asymptotic expansion is constructed for internal solitary waves with flat crests (of the plateau type) that degenerate into a bore in the limit. It is shown that, in this case, in contrast to a Korteweg-de Vries wave, the wave amplitude is of the same order of smallness as the longwave approximation parameter. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 55–61, September–October, 1999.     

On the asymptotic behavior of solutions of second-order differential equations with nonlinearity close to an exponential

We obtain asymptotic representations for one class of solutions of a second-order differential equation with nonlinearity close to an exponential. Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 541–553, October–December, 2008.     

Construction of asymptotic solutions of a singularly perturbed linear system of differential equations with irregular singular point in the case of a multiple spectrum of the boundary matrix

We construct asymptotic solutions of a singularly perturbed linear system of differential equations with irregular singular point. We consider the case where the main matrix has a multiple eigenvalue associated with one or several elementary divisors of the same multiplicity. We establish that, in the case of multiple elementary divisors, the corresponding asymptotic expansions can be constructed in the form of double series in fractional powers of the parameter and the ratio of the independent variable to the parameter. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 128–144, January–March, 2007.     

The Oberbeck–Boussinesq Approximation as a Singular Limit of the Full Navier–Stokes–Fourier System

We consider the asymptotic limit for the complete Navier–Stokes–Fourier system as both Mach and Froude numbers tend to zero. The limit is investigated in the context of weak variational solutions on an arbitrary large time interval and for the ill-prepared initial data. The convergence to the Oberbeck–Boussinesq system is shown.      

Asymptotic equivalence of solutions of nonlinear It ô stochastic systems

We investigate the problem of the asymptotic equivalence of systems of nonlinear ordinary and stochastic equations in mean square and with probability one. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 213–220, April–June, 2006.     

Asymptotic methods in the theory of nonlinear stochastic oscillations

We study applications of asymptotic methods of nonlinear mechanics and the method of Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equations to stochastic oscillations in quasilinear oscillating systems with random perturbations. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 510–518, October–December, 2007.     

Asymptotics of solutions of nonautonomous second-order ordinary differential equations close to linear equations

We find asymptotic representations for certain classes of solutions of nonautonomous second-order differential equations that are close, in a certain sense, to linear equations. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 230–241, April–June, 2008.     

Construction of asymptotic formulas for solutions of singularly perturbed degenerate systems of differential equations

We obtain an asymptotic solution of the Cauchy problem for a singularly perturbed degenerate system of differential equations in the case of a singular limit pencil of matrices. Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 408–420, July–September, 2008.