Analysis of a semidiscrete discontinuous Galerkin scheme for compressible miscible displacement problem

Numerical approximation of the coupled system of compressible miscible displacement problem in porous media is considered in this paper. A continuous in time discontinuous Galerkin scheme is developed. The symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin method is used to solve both the flow and transport equations. Upwind technique is used to treat the convection term in the transport equation. The hp-a priori error bounds are derived.     

Optimal control for multi-phase fluid Stokes problems

Optimal control for a system consistent of the viscosity dependent Stokes equations coupled with a transport equation for the viscosity is studied. Motivated by a lack of sufficient regularity of the adjoint equations, artificial diffusion is introduced to the transport equation. The asymptotic behavior of the regularized system is investigated. Optimality conditions for the regularized optimal control problems are obtained and again the asymptotic behavior is analyzed. The lack of uniqueness of solutions to the underlying system is another source of difficulties for the problem under investigation.     

Global existence of solutions to a coupled coagulation system

We consider a model equations describing the coagulation process of a gas on a surface. The problem is modeled by two coupled equations. The first one is a nonlinear transport equation with bilinear coagulation operator while the second one is a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. The velocity and the boundary condition of the transport equation depend on the supersaturation function satisfying the nonlinear ode. We first prove global existence and uniqueness of solution to the nonlinear transport equation then, we consider the coupled problem and prove existence in the large of solutions to the full coagulation system.     

On The Coupled Cahn-hilliard Equations

This paper is concerned with a system of nonlinear partial differential equations, in short, the coupled Cahn-Hilliard equations, which consists of a fourth order quasilinear parabolic equation and a second order quasilinear parabolic equation. This system was recently derived by Penrose and Fife and also by Alt and Pawlow to describe the non-isothermal phase separation of a two-component system. The global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions is proved. The results about the asymptotic behavior, as time goes to infinity, of solution and about the existence and multiplicity of solutions to the corresponding stationary problem, which is a nonlinear boundary value problem involving nonlocal term and constraints, are also obtained.     

Existence of solutions to various rock types odel model of two-phase flow in porous media

We study the flow of two immiscible and incompressible fluids through a porous media c,onsisting of different rock types: capillary pressure and relative permeablities curves are different in each type of porous media. This process can be formulated as a coupled system of partial differential equations which includes an elliptic pressurevelocity equation and a nonlinear degenerated parabolic saturation equation. Moreover the transmission conditions are nonlinear and the saturation is discontinuous at interfaces separating different media. A change of unknown leads to a new formulation of this problem. We derive a weak form for this new problem, which is a combination of a mixed formulation for the elliptic pressure-velocity equation and a standard variational formulation for the new parabolic equation. Under some realistic assumptions, we prove the existence of weak solutions to the implicit system given by time discretization.     

Discontinuous finite volume method for compressible miscible displacement problems in porous media

The compressible miscible displacement problem in porous media is modeled by a coupled system of two nonlinear partial differential equations: the pressure equation and the concentration equation are parabolic equation. In this article, we present discontinuous finite volume method for the concentration equation and the pressure equation. The optimal order error estimates for pressure and concentration are obtained in a mesh dependent norm.     

Numerical solutions for some coupled nonlinear evolution equations by using spectral collocation method

In this paper, we introduce a spectral collocation method based on Lagrange polynomials for spatial derivatives to obtain numerical solutions for some coupled nonlinear evolution equations. The problem is reduced to a system of ordinary differential equations that are solved by the fourth order Runge–Kutta method. Numerical results of coupled Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equations, coupled modified KdV equations, coupled KdV system and Boussinesq system are obtained. The present results are in good agreement with the exact solutions. Moreover, the method can be applied to a wide class of coupled nonlinear evolution equations.     

The method of upper and lower solutions for diffraction problems of quasilinear elliptic reaction-diffusion systems

The aim of this paper is to show the existence of solutions of the n-dimensional diffraction problem for weakly coupled quasilinear elliptic reaction-diffusion system. The coefficients of the equations under consideration are allowed to be discontinuous. We extend the method of upper and lower solutions for reaction-diffusion equations with continuous coefficients to the elliptic diffraction problem. An application of these results is given to the steady-state problem of Lotka-Volterra cooperation model with two cooperating species.     

Explicit exact solutions for (2 + 1)-dimensional Boiti–Leon–Pempinelli equation

In this paper, we construct explicit exact solutions for the coupled Boiti–Leon–Pempinelli equation (BLP equation) by using a extended tanh method and symbolic computation system Mathematica. By means of the method, many new exact travelling wave solutions for the BLP system are successfully obtained. the extended tanh method can be applied to other higher-dimensional coupled nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

On the Solution of a System of Hamilton–Jacobi Equations of Special Form

The paper is concerned with the investigation of a system of first-order Hamilton–Jacobi equations. We consider a strongly coupled hierarchical system: the first equation is independent of the second, and the Hamiltonian of the second equation depends on the gradient of the solution of the first equation. The system can be solved sequentially. The solution of the first equation is understood in the sense of the theory of minimax (viscosity) solutions and can be obtained with the help of the Lax–Hopf formula. The substitution of the solution of the first equation in the second Hamilton–Jacobi equation results in a Hamilton–Jacobi equation with discontinuous Hamiltonian. This equation is solved with the use of the idea of M-solutions proposed by A. I. Subbotin, and the solution is chosen from the class of multivalued mappings. Thus, the solution of the original system of Hamilton–Jacobi equations is the direct product of a single-valued and multivalued mappings, which satisfy the first and second equations in the minimax and M-solution sense, respectively. In the case when the solution of the first equation is nondifferentiable only along one Rankine–Hugoniot line, existence and uniqueness theorems are proved. A representative formula for the solution of the system is obtained in terms of Cauchy characteristics. The properties of the solution and their dependence on the parameters of the problem are investigated.     

Superposition principle and composite solutions to coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We show that the superposition principle applies to coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations with cubic nonlinearity where exact solutions may be obtained as a linear combination of other exact solutions. This is possible due to the cancelation of cross terms in the nonlinear coupling. First, we show that a composite solution, which is a linear combination of the two components of a seed solution, is another solution to the same coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Then, we show that a linear combination of two composite solutions is also a solution to the same equation. With emphasis on the case of Manakov system of two-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations, the superposition is shown to be equivalent to a rotation operator in a two-dimensional function space with components of the seed solution being its coordinates. Repeated application of the rotation operator, starting with a specific seed solution, generates a series of composite solutions, which may be represented by a generalized solution that defines a family of composite solutions. Applying the rotation operator to almost all known exact seed solutions of the Manakov system, we obtain for each seed solution the corresponding family of composite solutions. Composite solutions turn out, in general, to possess interesting features that do not exist in the seed solution. Using symmetry reductions, we show that the method applies also to systems of N-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Specific examples for the three-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equation are given.     

A combined mixed and discontinuous Galerkin method for compressible miscible displacement problem in porous media

In this paper, we present a numerical scheme for solving the coupled system of compressible miscible displacement problem in porous media. The flow equation is solved by the mixed finite element method, and the transport equation is approximated by a discontinuous Galerkin method. The scheme is continuous in time and a priori hp error estimates is presented.     

Explicit exact solutions for the (2 + 1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation

In this paper, we construct new explicit exact solutions for the coupled the (2 + 1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation (KD equation) by using a improved mapping approach and variable separation method. By means of the method, new types of variable-separation solutions (including solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions and rational function solutions) for the KD system are successfully obtained. The improved mapping approach and variable separation method can be applied to other higher-dimensional coupled nonlinear evolution equations.     

Thermo-chemical modelling of the formation of a composite material

We consider a composite material composed of carbon or glass fibres included in a resin which becomes solid when it is heated up (the reaction of reticulation).

A mathematical model of the cure process is given by a kinetic equation describing the evolution of the reaction of reticulation coupled with the heat equation. The geometry of the composite material is periodic, with a small period ? >0, thus we get a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations.

First we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution by using a fixed point theorem and we obtain a priori estimates. Then we derive the homogenized problem which describes the macroscopic behaviour of the material. We prove the convergence of the solution of the problem to the solution of the homogenized problem when ? tends to zero as well as the estimates for the difference of the exact and the approximate solutions.     

Large deviations for stochastic PDE with Lévy noise

We prove a large deviation principle result for solutions of abstract stochastic evolution equations perturbed by small Lévy noise. We use general large deviations theorems of Varadhan and Bryc coupled with the techniques of Feng and Kurtz (2006) [15], viscosity solutions of integro-partial differential equations in Hilbert spaces, and deterministic optimal control methods. The Laplace limit is identified as a viscosity solution of a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation of an associated control problem. We also establish exponential moment estimates for solutions of stochastic evolution equations driven by Lévy noise. General results are applied to stochastic hyperbolic equations perturbed by subordinated Wiener process.     

Rarefaction Wave Interaction and Shock-Rarefaction Composite Wave Interaction for a Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Wave System

In order to construct global solutions to two-dimensional(2 D for short)Riemann problems for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws,it is important to study various types of wave interactions.This paper deals with two types of wave interactions for a 2 D nonlinear wave system with a nonconvex equation of state:Rarefaction wave interaction and shock-rarefaction composite wave interaction.In order to construct solutions to these wave interactions,the authors consider two types of Goursat problems,including standard Goursat problem and discontinuous Goursat problem,for a 2 D selfsimilar nonlinear wave system.Global classical solutions to these Goursat problems are obtained by the method of characteristics.The solutions constructed in the paper may be used as building blocks of solutions of 2 D Riemann problems.     

Integration of the Continual System of Nonlinear Interaction Waves

We derive the continual system of nonlinear interaction waves from the compatibility of the transport equation on the whole line and the equation governing the time-evolution of the eigenfunctions of the transport operator. The transport equation represents the continual generalization from the n-component system of first-order ordinary differential equations. The continual system describes a nonlinear interaction of waves. We prove that the continual system can be integrated by the inverse scattering method. The method is based on applying the results of the inverse scattering problem for the transport equation to finding the solution of the Cauchy initial-value problem for the continual system. Indeed, the transition operator for the scattering problem admits right and left Volterra factorizations. The intermediate operator for this problem determines the one-to-one correspondence between the preimages of a solution of the transport equation. This operator is related to the transition operator and admits not only right and left Volterra factorizations but also the analytic factorization. By virtue of this fact the potential in the transport equation is uniquely reconstructed in terms of the solutions of the fundamental equations in inverse problem.We introduce the generalized Lax equation. This enables us to derive the time-evolution of the transition operator. Then, the time-dependent intermediate operator is constructed. The solution of the considered Cauchy problem is expressed in terms of solutions of the fundamental equations in inverse problem. This solution is found uniquely from the given initial condition.     

On a domain decomposition for the transport equation: theory and finite element approximation

We describe a domain decomposition method applied to a boundaryvalue problem for a transport equation in two dimensions. Thisdecomposition leads to a family of problems coupled throughsuitable equations on the interfaces (Steklov-Poincar equations).Via sharp stability estimates, we prove the convergence of aniterative procedure that gives the solution of the Steklov-Poincar equation for the two-domain case. What precedes isdone both for the continuous problem and for its discretizationbased on a streamline diffusion finite element method.     

Variant of an Analytical Shear Model for the Stress-Strain State of Heterogeneous Composite Beams

A nonclassical analytical model for the stress-strain state of composite beams with account of shear strains is suggested. It is assumed that the beam is piecewise heterogeneous across its height. Normal and tangential loads operate on its upper and lower surfaces and on interfaces. The model describes the distribution of tangential displacements across the thickness of plies by a third-degree polynomial. The corresponding system of differential equations is obtained by the variational method and contains two equations. The first one is an analog of the equation of classical theory of beams for deflections, and the second one is an analog of the equation of the theory for the bending moment from the generalized load. The solutions to test problems are compared with three-dimensional solutions and with experimental results for simply supported and clamped beams of different composite structure. An applied engineering problem is solved for a multispan statically indeterminate beam.     

An unstructured mesh finite volume method for modelling saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers

In this paper, a two-dimensional finite volume unstructured mesh method (FVUM) based on a triangular background interpolation mesh is developed for analysing the evolution of the saltwater intrusion into single and multiple coastal aquifer systems. The model formulation consists of a ground-water flow equation and a salt transport equation. These coupled and non-linear partial differential equations are transformed by FVUM into a system of differential/algebraic equations, which is solved using backward differentiation formulas of order one through five. Simulation results are compared with previously published solutions where good agreement is observed.