On boundary layer flow of a Sisko fluid over a stretching sheet

Abstract

In this paper, the steady boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid over a nonlinear stretching sheet is investigated. The Sisko fluid model, which is combination of power-law and Newtonian fluids in which the fluid may exhibit shear thinning/thickening behaviors, is considered. The boundary layer equations are derived for the two-dimensional flow of an incompressible Sisko fluid. Similarity transformations are used to reduce the governing nonlinear equations and then solved analytically using the homotopy analysis method. In addition, closed form exact analytical solutions are provided for n = 0 and n = 1. Effects of the pertinent parameters on the boundary layer flow are shown and solutions are contrasted with the power-law fluid solutions.     

Asymptotics of solutions for a class of quasilinear second-order ordinary differential equations

We consider a class of quasilinear second-order ordinary differential equations that arise in the investigation of the problem on stationary convective mass transfer between a drop and a solid medium in the presence of a volume chemical reaction of power-law form [F(υ) ≡ υ ^ν ] for the case in which the Peclet number Pe and the rate constant k _υ of the volume chemical reaction tend to infinity. We prove the existence and uniqueness theorem for a boundary value problem and analyze asymptotic properties of the solution.     

Divergence symmetries of critical Kohn-Laplace equations on Heisenberg groups

We show that every Lie point symmetry of semilinear Kohn-Laplace equations with a power-law nonlinearity on the Heisenberg group H ¹ is a divergence symmetry if and only if the corresponding exponent takes a critical value.     

Propagation of round-off error in a model of quadratic rational rotations

We investigate the propagation of round-off error for a discrete map modeling a one-dimensional linear oscillator viewed stroboscopically in phase space, with uniform, non-dissipative round-off. The probability P(r,t) of a net displacement r during t time steps can be reduced, essentially, to a weighted sum over contributions from a small number of infinite scaling sequences of periodic orbits. We show that the successive members of each scaling sequence can be built up by application of a set of substitution rules. This implies recursion relations, not only for the geometry of the orbits, but also for P(r,t) and its moments, allowing these quantities to be calculated exactly as algebraic numbers. For asymptotically large t, the moments have power-law increase, modulated by log-periodic or (in one particularly interesting case) log-quasi-periodic oscillations.     

Smooth regularization of plurisubharmonic functions

We consider the problem of approximating a given plurisubharmonic function by smooth plurisubharmonic functions. We propose a new constructive approximation method that permits one to obtain more detailed information about the approximating functions. Thus a functionu ∈ PSH(ℂ ⁿ ) having finite growth order can be approximated by smooth functionsv ∈ PSH(ℂ ⁿ ) so that the difference |v−u| has almost logarithmic growth (Theorem 2). It can also be approximated so that the difference |v−u| has a power-law growth; in this case, however, power-law estimates on |gradv| appear (Theorem 3). Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 312–320, August, 1997. Translated by I. P. Zvyagin     

Student's t Vector Random Fields with Power-Law and Log-Law Decaying Direct and Cross Covariances

This article deals with the Student's t vector random field, which is formulated as a scale mixture of Gaussian vector random fields, and whose finite-dimensional distributions decay in power-law and have heavy tails. There are two classes of Student's t vector random fields, one with second-order moments, and the other without a second-order moment. A Cauchy vector random field is an example of Student's t vector random fields without a first-order moment, and is also an example of Stable vector random fields. A second-order Student's t vector random field allows for any given correlation structure, just as a Gaussian vector random field does. We propose four types of covariance matrix structures for second-order Student's t vector random fields, which decay in power-law or log-law.     

Hausdorff dimension and hierarchical system dynamics

We show that the Hausdorff dimension may be used to distinguish different relaxation dynamics in hierarchical systems. We examine the hierarchical systems following the temperature-dependent power-law decay and the Kohlrausch law. For our purposes, we consider random walks on p-adic integer numbers.     

Linear ordinary differential equations of the second order with unbounded solutions

We consider three families of equations of the form y″ + (1 + φ(x))y = 0, where the coefficient φ(x) satisfies the condition lim _x→+∞ φ(x) = 0. We obtain solutions of these equations in closed form. We show that the maximum absolute values of solutions grow at the rate of a logarithmic function, a power-law function, and even an exponential function as x → ∞.     

Calculation of the asymptotics of the two-point correlation function for one-dimensional Bose gas

We consider a quantum field-theoretical model which describes spatially-nonhomogeneous, one-dimensional, repulsive Bose gas in an external harmonic potential. The two-point correlation function is calculated in the framework of functional integration. The corresponding functional integrals are estimated by means of stationary phase approximation. Asymptotic estimates are obtained in the limit as the temperature tends to zero while the volume occupied by the quasi-condensate increases. A power-law behavior is established for the correlation function in this limit. It is shown that the power-law behavior is governed by the critical exponent depending on spatial arguments. Bibliography 32 titles. __________ Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 347, 2007, pp. 56–74.     

Diffusion dynamics near critical bifurcations in a nonlinearly damped pendulum system

We numerically study the diffusion dynamics near critical bifurcations such as sudden widening of the size of a chaotic attractor, intermittency and band-merging of a chaotic attractor in a nonlinearly damped and periodically driven pendulum system. The system is found to show only normal diffusion. Near sudden widening and intermittency crisis power-law variation of diffusion constant with the control parameter ω of the external periodic force f sin ωt is found while linear variation of it is observed near band-merging crisis. The value of the exponent in the power-law relation varies with the damping coefficient and the strength of the added Gaussian white noise.     

Capillarity driven spreading of power-law fluids

We investigate the spreading of thin liquid films of power-law rheology. We construct an explicit travelling wave solution and source-type similarity solutions. We show that when the nonlinearity exponent λ for the rheology is larger than one, the governing dimensionless equation h_t + (h^λ+2|h_xxx|^λ−1h_xxx)_x=0 admits solutions with compact support and moving fronts. We also show that the solutions have bounded energy dissipation rate.     

Almost Sure Relative Stability of the Overshoot of Power Law Boundaries

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the almost sure relative stability of the overshoot of a random walk when it exits from a two-sided symmetric region with curved boundaries. The boundaries are of power-law type, ±rn ^b , r > 0, n = 1, 2,..., where 0 ≤ b < 1, b≠ 1/2. In these cases, the a.s. stability occurs if and only if the mean step length of the random walk is finite and non-zero, or the step length has a finite variance and mean zero.      

Generalized boundary value problems for semilinear elliptic equations in weighted function spaces

In a weighted L ₁-space, we prove the solvability of a boundary value problem for a semilinear elliptic equation of order 2m in a bounded domain for the case in which generalized functions with strong power-law singularities at isolated points and with finite-order singularities on the entire boundary are given on the boundary.     

Analytical solutions of the boundary layer flow of power-law fluid over a power-law stretching surface

This article discusses analytical solutions for a nonlinear problem arising in the boundary layer flow of power-law fluid over a power-law stretching surface. Using perturbation method analytical solution is presented for linear stretching surface. This solution covers large range of shear thinning and shear thickening fluids and matches excellently with the numerical solution. Furthermore, some new exact solutions are found for particular combination of m (power-law stretching index) and n (power-law fluid index). This leads to generalize the case of linear stretching to nonlinear stretching surface. The effects of fluid index n on the boundary layer thickness and the skin friction for nonlinear stretching surface is analyzed and discussed. It is observed that the boundary layer thickness and the skin friction coefficient increase as non-linear parameter n decreases. This study gives a new dimension to obtain analytical solutions asymptotically for highly nonlinear problems which to the best of our knowledge has not been examined so far.     

On the stationary quasi-Newtonian flow obeying a power-law

We investigate in this paper existence of a weak solution for a stationary incompressible Navier-Stokes system with non-linear viscosity and with non-homogeneous boundary conditions for velocity on the boundary. Our concern is with the viscosity obeying the power-law dependence ν(ξ) = ∣Tr(ξξ*)∣^r/2?1, r < 2, on shear stress ξ. It is corresponding to most quasi-Newtonian flows with injection on the boundary. Since for r ? 2 the inertial term precludes any a priori estimate in general, we suppose the Reynolds number is not too large. Using the specific algebraic structure of the Navier-Stokes system we prove existence of at least one approximate solution. The constructed approximate solution turns out to be uniformly bounded in W^1,r (Omega;)ⁿ and using monotonicity and compactness we successfully pass to the limit for r ≥ 3n/(n + 2). For 3n/(n + 2) > r > 2n/(n + 2) our construction gives existence of at least one very weak solution. Furthermore, for r ≥ 3n/(n + 2) we prove that all weak solutions lying in the ball in W of radius smaller than critical are equal. Finally, we obtain an existence result for the flow through a thin slab.     

PENALTY APPROXIMATIONS TO THE STATIONARY POWER-LAW NAVIER–STOKES PROBLEM

In this work, penalty approximations to the steady state Navier-Stokes problem governed by the the power-law model for viscous incompressible non-Newtonian flows in bounded convex domains in R^d (2 ≤ d) are studied. Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the penalty approximations are proved, convergence is shown, and rates of convergence are derived.     

Eigenvalue distributions from impacts on a ring

We consider the collision dynamics produced by three beads with masses (m ₁, m ₂, m ₃) sliding without friction on a ring, where the masses are scaled so that m ₁ = 1/ɛ, m ₂ = 1, m ₃ = 1 − ɛ, for 0 ⩽ ɛ ⩾ 1. The singular limits ɛ = 0 and ɛ = 1 correspond to two equal mass beads colliding on the ring with a wall, and without a wall respectively. In both these cases, all solutions are periodic and the eigenvalue distributions (around the unit circle) associated with the products of collision matrices are discrete. We then numerically examine the regime which parametrically connects these two states, i.e. 0 < ɛ < 1, and show that the eigenvalue distribution is generically uniform around the unit circle, which implies that the dynamics are no longer periodic. By a sequence of careful numerical experiments, we characterize how the uniform spectrum collapses from continuous to discrete in the two singular limits ɛ → 0 and ɛ → 1 for an ensemble of initial velocities sampled uniformly on a fixed energy surface. For the limit ɛ → 0, the distribution forms Gaussian peaks around the discrete limiting values ± 1, ± i, with variances that scale in power law form as σ ² ∼ αɛ ^β. By contrast, the convergence in the limit ɛ → 1 to the discrete values ±1 is shown to follow a logarithmic power-law σ ² ∼ log(ɛ ^β).     

Lubrication Approximation for Thin Viscous Films: Asymptotic Behavior of Nonnegative Solutions

We use standard regularized equations and adapted entropy functionals to prove exponential asymptotic decay in the H ¹ norm for nonnegative weak solutions of fourth-order nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations of lubrication approximation for thin viscous film type. The weak solutions considered arise as limits of solutions for the regularized problems. Relaxed problems, with second-order nonlinear terms of porous media type are also successfully treated by the same means. The problems investigated here are one-dimensional in space, with power-law nonlinearities. Our approach is direct and natural, as it is adapted to deal with the more complex nonlinear terms occurring in the regularized, approximating problems.     

Limiting size index distributions for ball-bin models with Zipf-type frequencies

We consider a random ball-bin model where balls are thrown randomly and sequentially into a set of bins. The frequency of choices of bins follows the Zipf-type (power-law) distribution; that is, the probability with which a ball enters the ith most popular bin is asymptotically proportional to 1/i ^α , α > 0. In this model, we derive the limiting size index distributions to which the empirical distributions of size indices converge almost surely, where the size index of degree k at time t represents the number of bins containing exactly k balls at t. While earlier studies have only treated the case where the power α of the Zipf-type distribution is greater than unity, we here consider the case of α ≤ 1 as well as α > 1. We first investigate the limiting size index distributions for the independent throw models and then extend the derived results to a case where bins are chosen dependently. Simulation experiments demonstrate not only that our analysis is valid but also that the derived limiting distributions well approximate the empirical size index distributions in a relatively short period.