Stationary Expansion Shocks for a Regularized Boussinesq System

Stationary expansion shocks have been identified recently as a new type of solution to hyperbolic conservation laws regularized by nonlocal dispersive terms that naturally arise in shallow‐water theory. These expansion shocks were studied previously for the Benjamin‐Bona‐Mahony (BBM) equation using matched asymptotic expansions. In this paper, we extend the BBM analysis to the regularized Boussinesq system by using Riemann invariants of the underlying dispersionless shallow‐water equations. The extension for a system is nontrivial, requiring a combination of small amplitude, long‐wave expansions with high order matched asymptotics. The constructed asymptotic solution is shown to be in excellent agreement with accurate numerical simulations of the Boussinesq system for a range of appropriately smoothed Riemann data.     

On the identification of coefficients of elliptic problems by asymptotic regularization

The problem of recovering coefficients of elliptic problems from measured data is considered. An algorithm is developed to identify the unknown coefficients without a minimization technique. The method is based on the construction of certain time-dependent problems which contain the original equation as asymptotic steady state. A Liapunovtype a-priori estimate is fundamental to prove that the solution of the time-dependent regularized equations approach a solution of the original problem as t →∞. A related behavior is proved for the solution of corresponding finite-dimensional Galerkin approximations. A stability result is proved for the Galerkin approximations.     

Numerical resolution of a mono-disperse model of bubble growth in magmas

Growth of gas bubbles in magmas may be modeled by a system of differential equations that account for the evolution of bubble radius and internal pressure and that are coupled with an advection–diffusion equation defining the gas flux going from magma to bubble. This system of equations is characterized by two relaxation parameters linked to the viscosity of the magma and to the diffusivity of the dissolved gas, respectively. Here, we propose a numerical scheme preserving, by construction, the total mass of water of the system. We also study the asymptotic behavior of the system of equations by letting the relaxation parameters vary from 0 to ∞, and show the numerical convergence of the solutions obtained by means of the general numerical scheme to the simplified asymptotic limits. Finally, we validate and compare our numerical results with those obtained in experiments.     

The vanishing viscosity method for the sensitivity analysis of an optimal control problem of conservation laws in the presence of shocks

In this article we study, by the vanishing viscosity method, the sensitivity analysis of an optimal control problem for 1-D scalar conservation laws in the presence of shocks. It is reduced to investigate the vanishing viscosity limit for the nonlinear conservation law, the corresponding linearized equation and its adjoint equation, respectively. We employ the method of matched asymptotic expansions to construct approximate solutions to those equations. It is then proved that the approximate solutions, respectively, satisfy those viscous equations in the asymptotic sense, and converge to the solutions of the corresponding inviscid problems with certain convergent rates. A new equation for the variation of shock positions is derived. It is also discussed how to identify descent directions to find the minimizer of the viscous optimal control problem in the quasi-shock case.     

Global well-posedness of the stochastic 2D Boussinesq equations with partial viscosity

This paper deals with the stochastic 2D Boussinesq equations with partial viscosity. This is a coupled system of Navier-Stokes/Euler equations and the transport equation for temperature under additive noise. Global well-posedness result of this system under partial viscosity is proved by using classical energy estimates method.     

The inviscid limit of the incompressible anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations with the non-slip boundary condition

In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior for the incompressible anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations with the non-slip boundary condition in a half space of ${\mathbb{R}^3}$ when the vertical viscosity goes to zero. Firstly, by multi-scale analysis, we formally deduce an asymptotic expansion of the solution to the problem with respect to the vertical viscosity, which shows that the boundary layer appears in the tangential velocity field and satisfies a nonlinear parabolic–elliptic coupled system. Also from the expansion, it is observed that away from the boundary the solution of the anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations formally converges to a solution of a degenerate incompressible Navier–Stokes equation. Secondly, we study the well-posedness of the problems for the boundary layer equations and then rigorously justify the asymptotic expansion by using the energy method. We obtain the convergence results of the vanishing vertical viscosity limit, that is, the solution to the incompressible anisotropic Navier–Stokes equations tends to the solution to degenerate incompressible Navier–Stokes equations away from the boundary, while near the boundary, it tends to the boundary layer profile, in both the energy space and the L ^∞ space.     

Asymptotic preserving HLL schemes

This work concerns the derivation of HLL schemes to approximate the solutions of systems of conservation laws supplemented by source terms. Such a system contains many models such as the Euler equations with high friction or the M1 model for radiative transfer. The main difficulty arising from these models comes from a particular asymptotic behavior. Indeed, in the limit of some suitable parameter, the system tends to a diffusion equation. This article is devoted to derive HLL methods able to approximate the associated transport regime but also to restore the suitable asymptotic diffusive regime. To access such an issue, a free parameter is introduced into the source term. This free parameter will be a useful correction to satisfy the expected diffusion equation at the discrete level. The derivation of the HLL scheme for hyperbolic systems with source terms comes from a modification of the HLL scheme for the associated homogeneous hyperbolic system. The resulting numerical procedure is robust as the source term discretization preserves the physical admissible states. The scheme is applied to several models of physical interest. The numerical asymptotic behavior is analyzed and an asymptotic preserving property is systematically exhibited. The scheme is illustrated with numerical experiments. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 27: 1396–1422, 2011     

The milne and kramers problems for the boltzmann equation of a hard sphere gas

Existence, uniqueness and properties of asymptotic behavior are proved for solutions of the Milne and Kramers problems for the linearized Boltzmann equation for a gas of hard spheres. The proof uses energy-like estimates and follows the analysis of Bardos, Santos and Sentis for the equations of neutron transport.     

A dynamical approach to the large-time behavior of solutions to weakly coupled systems of Hamilton–Jacobi equations

We investigate the large-time behavior of the value functions of the optimal control problems on the n-dimensional torus which appear in the dynamic programming for the system whose states are governed by random changes. From the point of view of the study on partial differential equations, it is equivalent to consider viscosity solutions of quasi-monotone weakly coupled systems of Hamilton–Jacobi equations. The large-time behavior of viscosity solutions of this problem has been recently studied by the authors and Camilli, Ley, Loreti, and Nguyen for some special cases, independently, but the general cases remain widely open. We establish a convergence result to asymptotic solutions as time goes to infinity under rather general assumptions by using dynamical properties of value functions.     

基于奇异值分解建立的一种新的正则化方法

根据紧算子的奇异系统理论，引入一种正则化滤子函数，从而建立一种新的正则化方法来求解右端近似给定的第一类算子方程，并给出了正则解的误差分析。通过正则参数的先验选取，证明了正则解的误差具有渐进最优阶。      

Spectral properties of the linear multiple scattering operator in L1-Banach lattices

In this article the spectrum of the linear transport operator for a scattering system is studied. Because only positive solutions of the corresponding transport equation are physically meaningful, the concepts of Banach lattices and positive operators are used. The spectrum contains information about the asymptotic behavior for large times of the transport system.     

Existence and boundary behavior of solutions of Hessian equations with singular right-hand sides

In this paper, we establish the existence of viscosity solutions of Hessian equations with singular right-hand sides and obtain the asymptotic boundary behavior of solutions. The asymptotic results generalize those for Poisson equations and Monge-Ampère equations, and are more precise than obtained from Hopf lemma.     

Convergence to rarefaction waves for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation and compressible Navier-Stokes equations

The main purpose of this paper is to study the asymptotic equivalence of the Boltzmann equation for the hard-sphere collision model to its corresponding Euler equations of compressible gas dynamics in the limit of small mean free path. When the fluid flow is a smooth rarefaction (or centered rarefaction) wave with finite strength, the corresponding Boltzmann solution exists globally in time, and the solution converges to the rarefaction wave uniformly for all time (or away from t=0) as ?→0. A decomposition of a Boltzmann solution into its macroscopic (fluid) part and microscopic (kinetic) part is adopted to rewrite the Boltzmann equation in a form of compressible Navier-Stokes equations with source terms. In this setting, the same asymptotic equivalence of the full compressible Navier-Stokes equations to its corresponding Euler equations in the limit of small viscosity and heat conductivity (depending on the viscosity) is also obtained.     

Modulation Equations of Weakly Nonlinear Geometrical Optics in Media Exhibiting Mixed Nonlinearity

The system of evolutionary equations describing the asymptotic behavior of nonlinear waves propagating in materials exhibiting mixed nonlinearity is derived with the resonant wave interactions inherent in the system. Our analysis differs from the results of Hunter et al., in that we have employed a different scaling, keeping in view the delayed effects of nonlinearity in certain thermodynamic systems exhibiting mixed nonlinearity. The result is to modify the transport equations obtained by Hunter et al. by the addition of certain cubic nonlinear terms. Through the method of averaging, the secular terms are eliminated. However, the averaging process is carried out in two steps; first, along manifolds of codimension two giving an advection equation, the solution of which is then averaged in a direction transverse to the above-mentioned manifold.     

完全非线性一致椭圆方程的外问题

利用Perron方法得到了完全非线性一致椭圆方程外问题具有渐近性质的粘性解的存在性.     

Optimal control for systems described by hyperbolic equations with strong nonlinearity

An optimization control problem for a hyperbolic equation is considered. The system is nonlinear with respect to the state derivative. The regularization technique for the state equation is applied. The necessary conditions of optimality for the regularized control problem are proved. It uses the extended differentiability of the control-state mapping for the regularized equation. The convergence of the regularization method is proved. Thus the optimal control for the regularized problem with a small enough regularization parameter can be chosen as an approximate solution of the initial optimization problem.     

Distributed control for a class of non-Newtonian fluids

We consider control problems with a general cost functional where the state equations are the stationary, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with shear-dependent viscosity. The equations are quasi-linear. The control function is given as the inhomogeneity of the momentum equation. In this paper, we study a general class of viscosity functions which correspond to shear-thinning or shear-thickening behavior. The basic results concerning existence, uniqueness, boundedness, and regularity of the solutions of the state equations are reviewed. The main topic of the paper is the proof of Gâteaux differentiability, which extends known results. It is shown that the derivative is the unique solution to a linearized equation. Moreover, necessary first-order optimality conditions are stated, and the existence of a solution of a class of control problems is shown.     

Time asymptotic behavior of the solution to a quasilinear parabolic equation

The time asymptotic behavior of the solution to the Cauchy problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation is analyzed. Such problems are encountered, for example, in gas dynamics and transport flow simulation. A.M. Il’in and O.A. Oleinik’s well-known results are extended to a wider class of equations in which the time derivative of the unknown function is multiplied by a fixed-sign function of the former. The results have found applications in mathematical economics.