On the extendability of solutions of a difference equation “to the left”

We give sufficient conditions for the extendability of solutions of a nonlinear difference equation “to the left” in a Banach space. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 298–302, July–September, 2007.     

On the Large Time Behavior of Solutions of Hamilton–Jacobi Equations Associated with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions

In this article, we study the large time behavior of solutions of first-order Hamilton–Jacobi Equations set in a bounded domain with nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions, including the case of dynamical boundary conditions. We establish general convergence results for viscosity solutions of these Cauchy–Neumann problems by using two fairly different methods: the first one relies only on partial differential equations methods, which provides results even when the Hamiltonians are not convex, and the second one is an optimal control/dynamical system approach, named the “weak KAM approach”, which requires the convexity of Hamiltonians and gives formulas for asymptotic solutions based on Aubry–Mather sets.     

On Periodic Solutions of a System of Nonlinear Functional Partial Differential Equations

We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic solutions of a system of nonlinear functional partial differential equations. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 154–158, April–June, 2005.     

Asymptotic properties of solutions of systems of nonlinear functional differential equations of neutral type

We establish sufficient conditions for systems of nonlinear functional differential equations of neutral type to have solutions that are continuously differentiable and bounded for t ∈ ℝ (together with their first derivatives) and investigate the asymptotic properties of these solutions. Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 20–26, January–March, 2009.     

Bounded solutions of weakly nonlinear differential equations in a Banach space

For a weakly nonlinear differential equation in a Banach space, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions bounded on the entire real axis under the assumption that the generating equation has bounded solutions and the corresponding homogeneous equation admits an exponential dichotomy on the semiaxes. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 151–159, April–June, 2008.     

On the solvability of one class of problems of optimal control by coefficients in the principal part of a nonlinear elliptic operator

We consider the problem of the existence of solutions of an optimal-control problem for a nonlinear elliptic equation with Dirichlet conditions on the boundary in the case where the control functions are the coefficients in the principal part of the differential operator. It is shown that this problem has an optimal solutions in the class of generalized solenoidal matrices. Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 59–72, January–March, 2009.     

Molecular approach in linear polymer dynamics: Theory and numerical experiment

A constitutive equation for polymer solutions and melts is obtained on the basis of the dynamics of noninteracting dumbbells moving in a nonlinear anisotropic fluid. The equation obtained is used to describe nonlinear effects under conditions of simple shear and steady-state flow in a circular tube and for the numerical investigation of a flow in a finite cylinder with a rotating end face. Barnaul. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 1, pp. 3–13, January–February, 2000.     

Navier–Stokes Equations with Navier Boundary Conditions for an Oceanic Model

We consider the Navier–Stokes equations in a thin domain of which the top and bottom surfaces are not flat. The velocity fields are subject to the Navier conditions on those boundaries and the periodicity condition on the other sides of the domain. This toy model arises from studies of climate and oceanic flows. We show that the strong solutions exist for all time provided the initial data belong to a “large” set in the Sobolev space H ¹. Furthermore we show, for both the autonomous and the nonautonomous problems, the existence of a global attractor for the class of all strong solutions. This attractor is proved to be also the global attractor for the Leray–Hopf weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations. One issue that arises here is a nontrivial contribution due to the boundary terms. We show how the boundary conditions imposed on the velocity fields affect the estimates of the Stokes operator and the (nonlinear) inertial term in the Navier–Stokes equations. This results in a new estimate of the trilinear term, which in turn permits a short and simple proof of the existence of strong solutions for all time.     

Continuous solutions of systems of nonlinear difference equations with continuous argument and their properties

We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of continuous N-periodic solutions (N is a positive integer number) for a certain class of systems of nonlinear difference equations with continuous argument and study their properties. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 177–183, April–June, 2007.     

Artificial Boundary Conditions of Pressure Type for Viscous Flows in a System of Pipes

In a three-dimensional domain Ω with J cylindrical outlets to infinity the problem is treated how solutions to the stationary Stokes and Navier–Stokes system with pressure conditions at infinity can be approximated by solutions on bounded subdomains. The optimal artificial boundary conditions turn out to have singular coefficients. Existence, uniqueness and asymptotically precise estimates for the truncation error are proved for the linear problem and for the nonlinear problem with small data. The results include also estimates for the so called “do-nothing” condition.     

Thermo-mechanical nonlinear vibration analysis of a spring-mass-beam system

Thermo-mechanical vibrations of a simply supported spring-mass-beam system are investigated analytically in this paper. Taking into account the thermal effects, the nonlinear equations of motion and internal/external boundary conditions are derived through Hamilton’s principle and constitutive relations. Under quasi-static assumptions, the equations governing the longitudinal motion are transformed into functions of transverse displacements, which results in three integro-partial differential equations with coupling terms. These are solved using the direct multiple-scale method, leading to closed-form solutions for the mode functions, nonlinear natural frequencies and frequency–response curves of the system. The influence of system parameters on the linear and nonlinear natural frequencies, mode functions, and frequency–response curves is studied through numerical parametric analysis. It is shown that the vibration characteristics depend on the mid-plane stretching, intra-span spring, point mass, and temperature change.     

Application of a modified Lindstedt–Poincaré method in coupled TDOF systems with quadratic nonlinearity and a constant external excitation

An analytical approach is developed for the nonlinear oscillation of a conservative, two-degree-of-freedom (TDOF) mass-spring system with serial combined linear–nonlinear stiffness excited by a constant external force. The main idea of the proposed approach lies in two categories, the first one is the transformation of two nonlinear differential equations of a two-mass system using suitable intermediate variables into a single nonlinear differential equation. Another is the treatment a quadratic nonlinear oscillator (QNO) by the modified Lindstedt–Poincaré (L-P) method presented recently by the authors. The first-order and second-order analytical approximations for the modified L-P method are established for the QNOs with satisfactory results. After solving the nonlinear differential equation, the displacements of two-mass system can be obtained directly from the governing linear second-order differential equation. Unlike the common perturbation method, the modified L-P method is valid for weak as well as strong nonlinear oscillation systems. On the other hand, the new approach yields simple approximate analytical expressions valid for small as well as large amplitudes of oscillation. In short, this new approach yields extended scope of applicability, simplicity, flexibility in application, and avoidance of complicated numerical integration as compared to the previous approaches such as the perturbation and classical harmonic balance methods. Two examples of nonlinear TDOF mass-spring systems excited by a constant external force are selected and the approximate solutions are verified with the exact solutions derived from the Jacobi elliptic function and also the numerical fourth-order Runge–Kutta solutions.     

Finite-Amplitude Equilibrium Solutions for Plane Poiseuille–Couette Flow

Two-dimensional nonlinear equilibrium solutions for the plane Poiseuille–Couette flow are computed by directly solving the full Navier–Stokes equations as a nonlinear eigenvalue problem. The equations are solved using the two-point fourth-order compact scheme and the Newton–Raphson iteration technique. The linear eigenvalue computations show that the combined Poiseuille–Couette flow is stable at all Reynolds numbers when the Couette velocity component σ₂ exceeds 0.34552. Starting with the neutral solution for the plane Poiseuille flow, the nonlinear neutral surfaces for the combined Poiseuille–Couette flow were mapped out by gradually increasing the velocity component σ₂. It is found that, for small σ₂, the neutral surfaces stay in the same family as that for the plane Poiseuille flow, and the nonlinear critical Reynolds number gradually increases with increasing σ₂. When the Couette velocity component is increased further, the neutral curve deviates from that for the Poiseuille flow with an appearance of a new loop at low wave numbers and at very low energy. By gradually increasing the σ₂ values at a constant Reynolds number, the nonlinear critical Reynolds numbers were determined as a function of σ₂. The results show that the nonlinear neutral curve is similar in shape to a linear case. The critical Reynolds number increases slowly up to σ₂∼ 0.2 and remains constant until σ₂∼ 0.58. Beyond σ₂ > 0.59, the critical Reynolds number increases sharply. From the computed results it is concluded that two-dimensional nonlinear equilibrium solutions do not exist beyond a critical σ₂ value of about 0.59. Received: 26 November 1996 and accepted 12 May 1997     

Vanishing Viscosity with Short Wave–Long Wave Interactions for Systems of Conservation Laws

Motivated by Benney’s general theory, we propose new models for short wave–long wave interactions when the long waves are described by nonlinear systems of conservation laws. We prove the strong convergence of the solutions of the vanishing viscosity and short wave–long wave interactions systems by using compactness results from compensated compactness theory and new energy estimates obtained for the coupled systems. We analyze several of the representative examples, such as scalar conservation laws, general symmetric systems, nonlinear elasticity and nonlinear electromagnetism.     

Generalized solitonary and periodic solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations by the Exp-function method

In this paper, the Exp-function method with the aid of the symbolic computational system Maple is used to obtain the generalized solitonary solutions and periodic solutions for nonlinear evolution equations arising in mathematical physics, namely, (2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equations, the (3+1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation, the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation, and the (2+1)-dimensional sine-Gordon equation. It is shown that the Exp-function method, with the help of symbolic computation, provides a powerful mathematical tool for solving other nonlinear evolution equations arising in mathematical physics.     

A mathematical model of sulphite chemical aggression of limestones with high permeability. Part II: Numerical approximation

We present a numerical investigation of a degenerate nonlinear parabolic–elliptic system, which describes the chemical aggression of limestones under the attack of SO₂, in high permeability regime. This system has been introduced in the first part of this paper. We present a finite element scheme for our model and its numerical stability is given under suitable CFL conditions. Numerical tests are discussed as well as some examples of the numerical behavior of the solutions.     

Solvability of Uniformly Elliptic Fully Nonlinear PDE

We get existence, uniqueness and non-uniqueness of viscosity solutions of uniformly elliptic fully nonlinear equations of the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman–Isaacs type with unbounded ingredients and quadratic growth in the gradient without hypotheses of convexity or properness. Some of our results are new even for equations in divergence form.     

Plane strain problem for an incompressible nonlinearly elastic solid

The plane strain of an incompressible body is studied with geometrical and physical nonlinearity and potential forces taken into account. A nonlinear system of equations for strains is obtained in actual variables, and conditions of its ellipticity are derived in terms of the elastic potential. Boundary conditions for strains are found from specified loads. Analytical solutions of the boundary problem in strains and their corresponding stress fields are found for the case of identical elongations. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 217–225, March–April, 2009     

A mathematical model of sulphite chemical aggression of limestones with high permeability. Part I. Modeling and qualitative analysis

We introduce a degenerate nonlinear parabolic–elliptic system, which describes the chemical aggression of limestones under the attack of SO₂, in high permeability regime. By means of a dimensional scaling, the qualitative behavior of the solutions in the fast reaction limit is investigated. Explicit asymptotic conditions for the front formation are derived.     

Sobolev Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations in Higher Spatial Dimensions

We prove the existence of Cantor families of periodic solutions for nonlinear wave equations in higher spatial dimensions with periodic boundary conditions. We study both forced and autonomous PDEs. In the latter case our theorems generalize previous results of Bourgain to more general nonlinearities of class C ^k and assuming weaker non-resonance conditions. Our solutions have Sobolev regularity both in time and space. The proofs are based on a differentiable Nash–Moser iteration scheme, where it is sufficient to get estimates of interpolation-type for the inverse linearized operators. Our approach works also in presence of very large “clusters of small divisors”.