An improved local radial point interpolation method for transient heat conduction analysis

The smoothing thin plate spline （STPS） interpolation using the penalty function method according to the optimization theory is presented to deal with transient heat conduction problems. The smooth conditions of the shape functions and derivatives can be satisfied so that the distortions hardly occur. Local weak forms are developed using the weighted residual method locally from the partial differential equations of the transient heat conduction. Here the Heaviside step function is used as the test function in each sub-domain to avoid the need for a domain integral. Essential boundary conditions can be implemented like the finite element method （FEM） as the shape functions possess the Kronecker delta property. The traditional two-point difference method is selected for the time discretization scheme. Three selected numerical examples are presented in this paper to demonstrate the availability and accuracy of the present approach comparing with the traditional thin plate spline （TPS） radial basis functions.     

Conservation laws and hierarchies of potential symmetries for certain diffusion equations

We show that the so-called hidden potential symmetries considered in a recent paper [M.L. Gandarias, New potential symmetries for some evolution equations, Physica A 387 (2008) 2234-2242] are ordinary potential symmetries that can be obtained using the method introduced by Bluman and collaborators [G.W. Bluman, S. Kumei, Symmetries and Differential Equations, Springer, New York, 1989; G.W. Bluman, G.J. Reid, S. Kumei, New classes of symmetries for partial differential equations, J. Math. Phys. 29 (1988) 806-811]. In fact, these are simplest potential symmetries associated with potential systems which are constructed with single conservation laws having no constant characteristics. Furthermore we classify the conservation laws for classes of porous medium equations, and then using the corresponding conserved (potential) systems we search for potential symmetries. This is the approach one needs to adopt in order to determine the complete list of potential symmetries. The provenance of potential symmetries is explained for the porous medium equations by using potential equivalence transformations. Point and potential equivalence transformations are also applied to deriving new results on potential symmetries and corresponding invariant solutions from known ones. In particular, in this way the potential systems, potential conservation laws and potential symmetries of linearizable equations from the classes of differential equations under consideration are exhaustively described. Infinite series of infinite-dimensional algebras of potential symmetries are constructed for such equations.     

Lie point symmetries,conservation laws,and analytical solutions of a generalized time-fractional Sawada–Kotera equation

Under investigation in this work is the invariance properties of the time-fractional generalized Sawada–Kotera equation, which can describe motion of long waves in shallow water under gravity and in a one-dimensional nonlinear lattice. With the help of the Lie symmetry analysis method of fractional differential equations, we strictly derive the vector fields and symmetry reductions of the equation. Furthermore, based on the power series theory, an effective method is presented to succinctly construct its analytical solutions. Finally, using the new conservation theorem, the conservation laws of the equation are well constructed with a detailed derivation.     

Application of the lattice Boltzmann method to transient conduction and radiation heat transfer in cylindrical media

In this paper, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is applied to solve the energy equation of a transient conduction-radiation heat transfer problem in a two-dimensional cylindrical enclosure filled with an emitting, absorbing and scattering media. The control volume finite element method (CVFEM) is used to obtain the radiative information. To demonstrate the workability of the LBM in conjunction with the CVFEM to conduction-radiation problems in cylindrical media, the energy equation of the same problem is also solved using the finite difference method (FDM). The effects of different parameters, such as the grid size, the scattering albedo, the extinction coefficient and the conduction-radiation parameter on temperature distribution within the medium are studied. Results of the present work are compared with those available in the literature. LBM-CVFEM results are also compared with those given by the FDM-CVFEM. In all cases, good agreement has been obtained.     

Noether conserved quantities and Lie point symmetries for difference nonholonomic Hamiltonian systems in irregular lattices

The Noether conserved quantities and the Lie point symmetries for difference nonholonomic Hamiltonian systems in irregular lattices are studied. The generalized Hamiltonian equations of the systems are given on the basis of the transformation operators in the space of discrete Hamiltonians. The Lie transformations acting on the lattice, as well as the equations and the determining equations of the Lie symmetries are obtained for the nonholonomic Hamiltonian systems. The discrete analogue of the Noether conserved quantity is constructed by using the Lie point symmetries. An example is discussed to illustrate the results.     

Transient heat transfer in longitudinal fins of various profiles with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficient

Transient heat transfer through a longitudinal fin of various profiles is studied. The thermal conductivity and heat transfer coefficients are assumed to be temperature dependent. The resulting partial differential equation is highly nonlinear. Classical Lie point symmetry methods are employed and some reductions are performed. Since the governing boundary value problem is not invariant under any Lie point symmetry, we solve the original partial differential equation numerically. The effects of realistic fin parameters such as the thermogeometric fin parameter and the exponent of the heat transfer coefficient on the temperature distribution are studied.     

有限自由度系统的定域Lie对称性和守恒量

研究有限自由度系统定域Lie对称性的正问题和逆问题。给出了定域Lie对称性的定义、确定方程、结构方程和守恒量。进一步从定域Lie对称性导出在有限连续群无限小变换下的Lie对称性。最后给出一个例子去说明这些结果。     

A peridynamic formulation for transient heat conduction in bodies with evolving discontinuities

We introduce a multidimensional peridynamic formulation for transient heat-transfer. The model does not contain spatial derivatives and uses instead an integral over a region around a material point. By construction, the formulation converges to the classical heat transfer equations in the limit of the horizon (the nonlocal region around a point) going to zero. The new model, however, is suitable for modeling, for example, heat flow in bodies with evolving discontinuities such as growing insulated cracks. We introduce the peridynamic heat flux which exists even at sharp corners or when the isotherms are not smooth surfaces. The peridynamic heat flux coincides with the classical one in simple cases and, in general, it converges to it in the limit of the peridynamic horizon going to zero. We solve test problems and compare results with analytical solutions of the classical model or with other numerical solutions. Convergence to the classical solutions is seen in the limit of the horizon going to zero. We then solve the problem of transient heat flow in a plate in which insulated cracks grow and intersect thus changing the heat flow patterns. We also model heat transfer in a fiber-reinforced composite and observe transient but steep thermal gradients at the interfaces between the highly conductive fibers and the low conductivity matrix. Such thermal gradients can lead to delamination cracks in composites from thermal fatigue. The formulation may be used to, for example, evaluate effective thermal conductivities in bodies with an evolving distribution of insulating or permeable, possibly intersecting, cracks of arbitrary shapes.     

Projective symmetries and laws of conservation in the K-spaces determined by gravitational fields

The symmetries of equations of motion for probe bodies (projective symmetries) and the corresponding laws of conservation in the K-spaces determined by the gravitational fields of type (3) are studied. The results define all mechanical and field laws of conservation in the foregoing gravitational fields resulting from projective symmetries, in particular, from isometries and homotheties. The metric ansatzes found can be used for construction of new exact solutions to the Einstein equations and for examination of their large-scale (geodesic) structure. __________ Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 30–37, April, 2008.     

事件空间中完整系统的Lie对称性与绝热不变量

研究事件空间中完整力学系统Lie对称性的摄动与绝热不变量.基于力学系统的高阶绝热不变量的概念，研究在小扰动作用下系统Lie对称性的摄动，得到了事件空间中完整力学系统的一类Hojman形式的高阶绝热不变量，给出了绝热不变量存在的条件及形式.并举例说明结果的应用. 关键词： 事件空间 对称性 摄动 绝热不变量     

Explicit formulas for symmetries and conservation laws of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation

Two nonlocal recursion operators are given, which yield explicit formulas for infinite hierarchies of symmetry generators and conservation laws for the two-dimensional Korteweg-de Vries equation. It is shown that the constants of the motion are in involution and that the symmetries commute.     

基于修正并行光滑粒子动力学方法三维变系数瞬态热传导问题的模拟

为了解决传统光滑粒子动力学(SPH)方法求解三维变系数瞬态热传导方程时出现的精度低、稳定性差和计算效率低的问题,本文首先基于Taylor展开思想拓展一阶对称SPH方法到三维热传导问题的模拟,其次引入稳定化处理的迎风思想,最后基于相邻粒子标记和MPI并行技术,结合边界处理方法得到一种能够准确、高效地求解三维变系数瞬态热传导问题的修正并行SPH方法.通过对带有Direclet和Newmann边界条件的常/变系数三维热传导方程进行模拟,并与解析解进行对比,对提出的方法的精度、收敛性及计算效率进行了分析;随后,运用提出的修正并行SPH方法对三维功能梯度材料中温度变化进行了模拟预测,并与其他数值结果做对比,准确地展现了功能梯度材料中温度变化过程.     

Modeling the heat transfer problem for the novel combined cryosurgery and hyperthermia system

A multidimensional, finite element analysis (FEA) for the freezing, holding, rewarming and heating processes of biological tissues during the cryosurgery process of the new Combined Cryosurgery/Hyperthermia System is presented to theoretically test its validity. The tissues are treated as nonideal materials freezing over a temperature range, and the thermophysical properties of which are temperature dependent. The enthalpy method is applied to solve the highly nonlinear problem. It was found that when the same boundary condition and the same target tissue presented, the novel Cryosurgery/Hyperthermia System could supply the target tissue an approximative cooling rate, a much lower minimal temperature, a much greater warming rate, and a much greater thermal gradients compared with that of the simplified Endocare system. The numerical simulation indicates that the novel combined cryosurgery and hyperthermia system can provide an excellent curative effect in the corresponding cryotherapy. And the most attractive feature of this FEA framework is that it can be easily mastered by the surgeon without in-depth theory of heat transfer to analyze the cryosurgery process beforehand due to the friendly GUI (graphical user interface) of Ansys software.     

带源参数的热传导反问题的无网格方法

利用无网格有限点法求带有源参数的一维热传导反问题，推导了相应的离散方程.与其他基于网格的方法相比，有限点法采用移动最小二乘法构造形函数，只需要节点信息，不需要划分网格，用配点法离散求解方程，可以直接施加边界条件，不需要在区域内部求积分，减小了计算量.用有限点法求解热传导反问题具有数值实现简单、计算量小、可以任意布置节点等优点.最后通过算例验证了该方法的有效性.     

Combining the complex variable reproducing kernel particle method and the finite element method for solving transient heat conduction problems

In this paper, the complex variable reproducing kernel particle (CVRKP) method and the finite element (FE) method are combined as the CVRKP-FE method to solve transient heat conduction problems. The CVRKP-FE method not only conveniently imposes the essential boundary conditions, but also exploits the advantages of the individual methods while avoiding their disadvantages, then the computational efficiency is higher. A hybrid approximation function is applied to combine the CVRKP method with the FE method, and the traditional difference method for two-point boundary value problems is selected as the time discretization scheme. The corresponding formulations of the CVRKP-FE method are presented in detail. Several selected numerical examples of the transient heat conduction problems are presented to illustrate the performance of the CVRKP-FE method.     

Conservation laws for classes of nonlinear evolution equations solvable by the spectral transform

The existence of conservation laws for novel classes of nonlinear evolution equations (with linearlyx-dependent coefficients) solvable by the spectral transform is investigated. A remarkably explicit representation is moreover obtained for the conserved quantities of the old classes of nonlinear evolution equations (withx-independent coefficients; including the Korteweg-de Vries equation, the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, etc.).     

Analysis of combined conduction and radiation heat transfer in presence of participating medium by the development of hybrid method

The current study addresses the mathematical modeling aspects of coupled conductive and radiative heat transfer in the presence of absorbing, emitting and isotropic scattering gray medium within two-dimensional square enclosure. A blended method where the concepts of modified differential approximation employed by combining discrete ordinate method and spherical harmonics method, has been developed for modeling the radiative transport equation. The gray participating medium is bounded by isothermal walls of two-dimensional enclosure which are considered to be opaque, diffuse and gray. The effect of various influencing parameters i.e., radiation-conduction parameter, surface emissivity, single scattering albedo and optical thickness has been illustrated. The adaptability of the present method has also been addressed.     

On the problem of spacetime symmetries in the theory of supergravity. part II:N=2 supergravity and spinorial Lie derivatives

The definition of a spacetime symmetry, developed in a previous paper in the framework of simple (N=1) supergravity, is extended to theN=2 theory. As an application, the properties of theN=2 plane wave are studied. The mathematically related question of defining the Lie derivative of a spinor is also considered.     

微扰Kepler系统轨道微分方程的近似Lie对称性与近似不变量

把极角θ视为独立变量,得到Kepler系统的轨道微分方程.首先讨论Kepler系统轨道微分方程的Lie对称性和不变量,微扰Kepler系统轨道微分方程的精确Lie对称性和精确不变量,其次讨论微扰Kepler系统轨道微分方程的近似Lie对称性和近似不变量,并得到了微扰Kepler系统的9个一阶近似Lie对称性和6个一阶近似不变量,其中1个实为精确不变量,而其余5个分别等于微扰系数ε乘以Kepler系统相应的5个不变量。