Homogeneous solutions and Saint-Venant problems for a helical spring

The three-dimensional problem of the theory of elasticity for a spring with a stress-free side surface is investigated. In [1] the problem was reduced to an eigenvalue problem on a section, which enables a complete system of homogeneous elementary solutions to be constructed, and a group of 12 elementary solutions were distinguished, on the basis of which the construction of a Saint-Venant solution was reduced to two types of two-dimensional problems and an algebraic system of equations in the coefficients of the expansion. A variational formulation of these problems is given and the results of an asymptotic and numerical investigation of all solutions and of the stiffness matrix are presented.     

Self-similar asymptotics of wave problems and the structures of non-classical discontinuities in non-linearly elastic media with dispersion and dissipation

Solutions of the non-linear hyperbolic equations describing quasi-transverse waves in composite elastic media are investigated within the framework of a previously proposed model, which takes into account small dissipative and dispersion processes. It is well known for this model that if a solution of the problem of the decay of an arbitrary discontinuity is constructed using Riemann waves and discontinuities having a structure, the solution turns out to be non-unique. In order to study the problem of non-uniqueness, solutions of non-self-similar problems are constructed numerically within the framework of the proposed model with initial data in the form of a “smooth” step. With time passing the solutions acquire a self-similar asymptotic form, corresponding to a certain solution of the problem of the decay of an arbitrary discontinuity. It is shown that, by changing the method of smoothing the step, one can construct any of the self-similar asymptotic forms, as was done previously in Ref. [Chugainova AP. The asymptotic behaviour of non-linear waves in elastic media with dispersion and dissipation. Teor Mat Fiz 2006;147(2):240–56] for media with terms of opposite sign, responsible for the non-linearity, although the set of admissible discontinuities and the structure of the solutions of the problems in these cases turn out to be different.     

Efficient method for computing rarefied gas flow in a long finite plane channel

The linearized kinetic S-model is used to study the nonisothermal steady rarefied gas flow driven by differences in pressure and temperature in a plane channel between long finite parallel plates joining two tanks of infinite volume. An efficient composite (asymptotic) method is developed: a one-dimensional asymptotic solution corresponding to an infinitely long channel is constructed in the middle part of the computational domain, while a solution of the two-dimensional kinetic equation matched with the middle-part asymptotic solution is constructed near the ends of the channel. The latter solution is found numerically by a high-order accurate conservative method. The basic quantity to be computed is the gas flow rate through the channel. Characteristic flow features are also investigated. The resulting solutions are compared with previously known results.     

Asymptotic Behaviour and Global Existence of Solutions for Some Classes of Nonlinear Parabolic Equations

The paper deals with the asymptotic behaviour and global existence of solutions for some classes of nonlinear parabolic equations in regard to the monotone properties of the nonlinear term. The asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of initial-boundary value problem for nonlinear parabolic equations is studied via the method of differential inequalities in order to obtain oscillation criterion for the solutions. Existence of extremal solutions of semilinear elliptic and parabolic equations is investigated via monotone iterative methods. The extremal solutions are obtained via monotone iterates.     

具有边界摄动的非线性非局部反应扩散方程的奇摄动问题

A class of nonlinear nonlocal singularly perturbed Robin initial boundary value problems for reaction diffusion equations with boundary perturbation is considered. Under suitable conditions, firstly, the outer solution of the original problem is obtained; secondly, by using the stretched variable, the composing expansion method and the expanding theory of power series, the initial layer is constructed; and finally, by using the theory of differential inequalities the asymptotic behavior of solutions for initial boundary value problems is studied, and including some relational inequalities the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the original problem and the uniformly valid asymptotic estimation are discussed.     

The limits of Riemann solutions for the isentropic Euler system with extended Chaplygin gas

The Riemann problem for the isentropic Euler system with the state equation for the extended Chaplygin gas is considered, and the Riemann solutions are constructed completely for all the cases. The limiting relations of Riemann solutions for the isentropic Euler system with the state equation from the extended Chaplygin gas to the Chaplygin gas are derived in detail when the corrected term tends to zero. The formation of delta shock wave solution and two-contact-discontinuity solution is investigated during the process of taking the limit.     

带有集中激励的一类非线性边值问题的奇摄动

本文综合利用近代分析和奇异摄动方法，讨论了一类具有集中激励的非线性向量微分方程组初值总是 的渐近性质，构造了这类问题的一致有效渐近解。并利用这个方法求解几何参数的扁球壳在集中力作用下的非线性稳定性问题，得到了较好的结果。     

On variations in the solutions of integro-differential equations of mixed problems of elasticity theory for domain variations

The behaviour of the solution of the boundary value problem for a pseudodifferential equation (PDE), Green's function of this problem, and also some of their local and global characteristics, during variation of the domain is investigated. Formulas are proposed that enable the solution of a broad class of PDE in a domain to be expressed in terms of the solution in the near domain. Local characteristics of the solution are expressed in terms of the local characteristics of the solution in the near domain. A double asymptotic form of Green's function for both arguments tending to the domain boundary occurs in the variation formula. The variation of this double asymptotic form as the domain varies is expressed in terms of this same asymptotic form. The system of variation formulas obtained is closed. It enables the PDE solution in the domain to be reduced to the solution of an ordinary differential equation in functional space. The local characteristics of the solution can also be found by this method without calculating the solution itself. If there is sufficient symmetry in the initial operator, then conservation laws in the Noether sense are obtained for its Green's function and its asymptotic form. The behaviour of the quantities under investigation is studied under inversion.

The investigation of variations of the solutions of problems for the variation of the domain occurs in the paper by Hadamard /1/, who studied the variation in conformal mapping and obtained a formula similar to (1.4). The formula for the variation of the solution of the boundary value problem for an elliptic differential equation is obtained in /2/. Variation formulas for the case of the operator of the problem about a crack and a circular domain are obtained in /3, 4/. The Irwin formula /5/ is obtained from formulas (1.4) and (1.21) by substitution.     

Approximate calculation method for one-dimensional gas flows induced by nonmonotonic motion of a piston : PMM vol. 40, n 6, 1976, pp. 1058–1064

The problem of one-dimensional piston which at the beginning moves with increasing velocity into a gas at rest, then is decelerated, and finally stops, is solved by means of special series. The gas flow field is constructed by a successive joining of three characteristic Cauchy problems in terms of their characteristic solutions. Generalized solution of the problem of instantaneous arrest of the piston is derived. Obtained equations are used for the approximate calculation of the motion of generated shock waves.Representation of solutions of certain boundary value problems for nonlinear equations of the hyperbolic kind in the form of special series was proposed in [1, 2], The problem of the piston moving into a gas at rest is solved there, and the obtained solution was used for an approximate determination of the generated shock wave. The piston velocity was assumed to be monotonically increasing. That problem is solved here with the use of similar series in the case when the piston velocity is nonmonotonous,Numerical methods make it possible at present to determine one-dimensional flows similar to that considered below, and multidimensional problems can be solved by the method proposed in [1, 2]. The use of the proposed scheme for solving the problem of the multidimensional piston, whose velocity is nonmonotonous, does not present theoretical difficulties, but except that the formulas are more cumbersome.     

Factorization method for linear and quasilinear singularly perturbed boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

For linear singularly perturbed boundary value problems, we come up with a method that reduces solving a differential problem to a discrete (difference) problem. Difference equations, which are an exact analog of differential equations, are constructed by the factorization method. Coefficients of difference equations are calculated by solving Cauchy problems for first-order differential equations. In this case nonlinear Ricatti equations with a small parameter are solved by asymptotic methods, and solving linear equations reduces to computing quadratures. A solution for quasilinear singularly perturbed equations is obtained by means of an implicit relaxation method. A solution to a linearized problem is calculated by analogy with a linear problem at each iterative step. The method is tested against solutions to the known Lagerstrom-Cole problem.     

Steplike contrast structures for a second-order ordinary differential equation with a small parameter multiplying the highest derivative

A boundary value problem is considered for a second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a small parameter multiplying the highest derivative. The limit equation has three solutions, of which two are stable and are separated by the third unstable one. For the original problem, an asymptotic expansion of a solution is studied that undergoes a jump from one stable root of the limit equation to the other in the neighborhood of a certain point. A uniform asymptotic approximation of this solution is constructed up to an arbitrary power of the small parameter.     

Similarity and dimensional analysis in the plane problem of the propagation of a vertical hydraulic fracture crack in an elastic medium

The problem of the growth of a vertical hydraulic fracture crack in an unbounded elastic medium under the pressure produced by a viscous incompressible fluid is studied qualitatively and by numerical methods. The fluid motion is described in the approximation of lubrication theory. Near the crack tip a fluid-free domain may exist. To find the crack length, Irwin’s fracture criterion is used. The symmetry groups of the equations describing the hydraulic fracture process are studied for all physically meaningful cases of the degeneration of the problem with respect to the control parameters. The condition of symmetry of the system of equations under the group of scaling and time-shift transformations enables the self-similar variables and the form of the time dependence of the quantities involved in the problem to be found. It is established that at non-zero rock pressure the well-known solution of Spence and Sharp is an asymptotic form of the initial-value problem, whereas the solution of Zheltov and Khristianovich is a limiting self-similar solution of the problem. The problem of the formation of a hydraulic fracture crack taking into account initial data is solved using numerical methods, and the problem of arriving at asymptotic mode is investigated. It is shown that the solution has a self-similar asymptotic form for any initial conditions, and the convergence of the exact solutions to the asymptotic forms is non-uniform in space and time.     

Stability for abstract linear functional differential equations

A class of parabolic partial integrodifferential equations with discrete and distributed delays in the spatial derivatives of maximum order is considered. After the study of well posedness of the initial value problem the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions is investigated through the spectral properties of the infinitesimal generator of the solution semigroup.     

椭圆-抛物偏微分方程奇异摄动问题的差分解法

本文讨论了含有小参数在高阶导数项的椭圆型方程奇异摄动问题的差分解法.当ε=0时椭圆型方程退化为抛物型方程.作者根据此问题解的边界层性质,构造了特殊的差分格式:研究了它的收敛性和解的渐近性态.最后给出一个数值例题.     

Asymptotic solution of singularly perturbed linear-quadratic optimal control problems with discontinuous coefficients

An asymptotic solution of a singularly perturbed linear-quadratic optimal control problem with discontinuous coefficients is constructed by directly substituting an boundary-layer asymptotic expansion of the solution into the condition of the problem and considering a series of problems for finding the asymptotic terms. The error in the approximate solution is estimated. It is shown that the values of the minimized functional do not increase when the next approximations of the optimal control are used.     

Analytic construction of the near field in a transonic flow near a thin axisymmetric body

A solution of the axisymmetric problem of unsteady transonic flow around thin bodies of revolution is proposed in the form of a double series expansion in powers of the distance to the axis of symmetry and its logarithm in a neighborhood of a given point at the symmetry axis. Chains of recurrence equations are obtained for the coefficients of the series. The convergence of the constructed series is proved by the method of special majorants. The theorem of existence and uniqueness of the solution to the boundary-value problem for a nonlinear partial differential equation with a singularity at the symmetry axis is obtained in the asymptotic model of unsteady transonic flow under consideration. Thereby the application of the proposed series is justified to the problems of unsteady transonic flow around thin axisymmetric bodies with a drift of the nonpenetration condition onto the symmetry axis. Hence, these series can be used in numerical-analytical methods and model computations.     

Two-Parameter Asymptotics in a Bisingular Cauchy Problem for a Parabolic Equation

The Cauchy problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation with a small parameter ε at the highest derivative is considered. The initial function, which has the form of a smoothed step, depends on a “stretched” variable x/ρ, where ρ is another small parameter. This problem statement is of interest for applications as a model of propagation of nonlinear waves in physical systems in the presence of small dissipation. In the case corresponding to a compression wave, asymptotic solutions of the problem are constructed in the parameters ε and ρ independently tending to zero. It is assumed that ε/ρ → 0. Far from the line of discontinuity of the limit solution, asymptotic solutions are constructed in the form of series in powers of ε and ρ. In a small domain of linear approximation, an asymptotic solution is constructed in the form of a series in powers of the ratio ρ/ε. The coefficients of the inner expansion are determined from a recursive chain of initial value problems. The asymptotics of these coefficients at infinity is studied. The time of reconstruction of the scale of the internal space variable is determined.     

Asymptotics of a second-order differential equation with a small parameter in the case when the reduced equation has two solutions

The boundary value problem for a second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a small parameter multiplying the highest derivative is examined. It is assumed that the reduced equation has two solutions with intersecting graphs. Near the intersection point, the asymptotic behavior of the solution to the original problem is fairly complex. A uniform asymptotic approximation to the solution that is accurate up to any prescribed power of the small parameter is constructed and justified.     

具有多重解的非线性奇摄动问题

利用边界层法,研究了一类具有多重解的非线性奇摄动问题．在适当的假设下,通过给出外部解展开式系数及其对应边界条件的一般表达式,根据退化问题的边值作为某方程的根的重数,得到了此问题不同形式的渐近解．特别地,当这种根的重数为偶数时,问题具有二重解．另外,将相关结果应用于化学反应器理论,并通过对具有多重解的例子的渐近解和精确解的数值模拟说明如此构造的渐近解具有较高的精度．     

The stability of the equilibrium of two-phase elastic solids

The distinctive features of the loss of stability of elastic solids which undergo phase transitions are investigated for the case of small deformations. The non-uniqueness of the solution of the boundary-value problem for the describing of the thermodynamic equilibrium of a two-phase body is caused by the non-linearity associated with the unknown interface. The solution can be chosen by comparing the potential energies of the body in the two-phase and single phase states and by analysing of the local stability of the two-phase states. A linearized boundary-value problem is formulated which describes infinitesimal small perturbations of an initial two-phase state which is in thermodynamic equilibrium. Analysis of the stability of the two-phase state reduces to an investigation of the bifurcation points and the behaviour of the small solutions of the system of integrodifferential equations in terms of functions describing the perturbations of the interface. The problem of the non-uniqueness and loss of stability of centrisymmetric equilibrium two-phase deformations is investigated as an example. A theorem concerning the number of centrisymmetric solutions is proved. The energy changes accompanying the formation and development of two-phase states and the stability of the solutions obtained are investigated. The concept of topological instability as a bifurcation is introduced, as a result of which the type of geometry of a solution of the boundary-value problem changes and surfaces of separation of the phases actually appear and disappear. Macrodiagrams of the deformational are constructed which demonstrate the effect of deformation softening in the path of a phase transition.