Local existence and uniqueness for a geometrically exact membrane‐plate with viscoelastic transverse shear resistance

We prove the local existence and uniqueness to a geometrically exact, observer‐invariant membrane‐plate model introduced by the author. The model consists of an elliptic partial differential system of equations describing the equilibrium response of the membrane which is non‐linearly coupled with a viscoelastic evolution equation for exact rotations, taking on the role of an orthonormal triad of directors. This coupling introduces a viscoelastic transverse shear resistance. Refined elliptic regularity results together with a new extended Korn's first inequality for plates and shells allow to proceed by a fixed point argument in appropriately chosen Sobolev‐spaces in order to prove existence and uniqueness. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Higher-Order Convex Approximations of Young Measures in Optimal Control

The general theory of approximation of (possibly generalized) Young measures is presented, and concrete cases are investigated. An adjoint-operator approach, combined with quasi-interpolation of test integrands, is systematically used. Applicability is demonstrated on an optimal control problem for an elliptic system, together with one-dimensional illustrative calculations of various options.     

Existence and global bounds for a fluid model of plasma display technology

This article considers the fluid model for the discharge of plasma particle species in display technology. The fluid equations are coupled with Poisson's equation, which describes the effect of the charged particles on the electric field. The diffusion and mobility coefficients for the positive ion particles depend on the electric field, while those for the electrons depend on the electron mean energy. The reaction rates are proportional to the products of the densities of the reacting particles involved in the particular ionization, conversion or recombination reactions. Moreover, the ionization coefficients are dependent on the electric field, which varies spatially and temporally. The main ionization and discharge reactions are described by an initial-boundary value problem for a system of coupled parabolic–elliptic partial differential equations. The system is first analyzed by upper–lower solution method. By means of the a priori bounds obtained for an arbitrary time, the existence of solution for the initial-boundary value problem is proved in an appropriate Hölder space.     

A class of nonlinear boundary value problems for the second-order<Emphasis Type="Italic">E</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript> class elliptic systems in general form

A class of nonlinear boundary value problems (BVP) for the second-order E₂ class elliptic systems in general form is discussed. By introducing a kind of transformation, this kind of BVP is reduced to a class of generalized nonlinear Riemann-Hilbert BVP. And then some singular integral operators are introduced to establish the equivalent nonlinear singular integral equations. The solvability is proved under some suitable hypotheses by means of the properties of singular integral operators and the function theoretic methods. Foundation items: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19671056); Shanghai Municipal Natural Scientific Foundation (99ZA14030, 01ZA14023); Jiangxi Provincial Natural Scientific Foundation (981102, 0211014) Biographies: LI Ming-zhong (1935−); XU Ding-hua (1967−)     

A CLASS OF NONLINEAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS FOR THE SECOND-ORDER E_2 CLASS ELLIPTIC SYSTEMS IN GENERAL FORM

IntroductionThispaperdiscussesaclassofnonlinearboundaryvalueproblems (BVP)forthesecond_orderE2 classellipticsystemsingeneralform ,whichareofgreatimportanceinmathematicalsciencesandengineering ,andattractmoreandmoreinterestsfrommanyresearchersdomesticandabroad .ThesenonlinearBVPwerefirstintroducedbyRussianresearcher,L .V .Wolfersdorf,whereaclassofnonlinearBVPforholomorphicfunctionswasstudiedandsomeefficientresultsderived[1,2 ].LaterSigridKenchtandAliSeifMashimba[3],R .P .Gilbertandthea…     

Global solution curves for a class of elliptic systems

We study curves of positive solutions for a system of elliptic equations of Hamiltonian type on a unit ball. We give conditions for all positive solutions to lie on global solution curves, allowing us to use the analysis similar to the case of one equation, as developed in P. Korman, Y. Li and T. Ouyang [An exact multiplicity result for a class of semilinear equations, Commun. PDE 22 (1997), pp. 661–684.] (see also T. Ouyang and J. Shi [Exact multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of semilinear problems, II, J. Diff. Eqns. 158(1) (1999), pp. 94–151].). As an application, we obtain some non-degeneracy and uniqueness results. For the one-dimensional case we also prove the positivity for the linearized problem, resulting in more detailed results.     

Multi‐dimensional combustion waves for Lewis number close to one

This paper is devoted to the study of multi‐dimensional travelling wave solution for a thermo‐diffusive model, describing the propagation of curved flames in an infinite cylinder. The linear dependence of the components of the reaction rate together with the existence of an ignition temperature ensure that the corresponding linearized operator does not satisfy the Fredholm property. A direct consequence is that solvability conditions for the linearized operator are not known and classical methods of nonlinear analysis cannot be directly applied. We prove in this paper existence results of such travelling waves, by first introducing a suitable re‐formulation of the equations and then by choosing suitable weighted spaces that allows us to move the essential spectrum away from zero. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High‐contrast homogenization of linear systems of partial differential equations

We give some integrability conditions for the coefficients of a sequence of elliptic systems with varying coefficients in order to obtain the stability for homogenization. In the case of equations, it is well known that equi‐integrability and bound in L¹ are enough for this purpose; however, this is based on the maximum principle, and then, it does not work for systems. Here, we use an extension of the Murat–Tartar div‐curl lemma because of M. Briane, J. Casado‐Díaz, and F. Murat in order to obtain the stability by homogenization for systems uniformly elliptic, with bounded coefficients in , with N the dimension of the space. We also show that a weaker ellipticity condition can be assumed, but then, we need a stronger integrability for the coefficients. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On sensitive elliptic singular perturbation problems and logarithmic oscillations: the case of shells with edges

This work deals with singular perturbation problems depending on small positive parameter ?. The limit problem as ? → 0 has no solution within the classical theory of PDEs, which uses distribution theory. A very particular and less‐known phenomenon appears: large oscillations. These problems exhibit some kind of instability; very small and smooth variations of the data imply large singular perturbations of the solution. That kind of problems appears in elasticity for highly compressible two‐dimensional bodies and thin shells with elliptic middle surface with a part of the boundary free. Here, we consider certain properties of that oscillations and extend the theory to shells with edges. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

EXISTENCE OF TWO POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO SINGULAR ELLIPTIC SYSTEMS WITH WEIGHTS

In this paper,a class of singular elliptic systems involving weight functions and nonlinear terms are studied. By the fibering method introduced by Pohozaev and the strong maximum principle,the existence of two positive solutions to the elliptic systems are obtained.