On the regularity of a free boundary near contact points with a fixed boundary

We investigate the regularity of a free boundary near contact points with a fixed boundary, with C1,1 boundary data, for an obstacle-like free boundary problem. We will show that under certain assumptions on the solution, and the boundary function, the free boundary is uniformly C¹ up to the fixed boundary. We will also construct some examples of irregular free boundaries.     

Exact boundary controllability for 1‐D quasilinear wave equations with dynamical boundary conditions

By equivalently replacing the dynamical boundary condition by a kind of nonlocal boundary conditions, and noting a hidden regularity of solution on the boundary with a dynamical boundary condition, a constructive method with modular structure is used to get the local exact boundary controllability for 1‐D quasilinear wave equations with dynamical boundary conditions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modified boundary integral formulations for the Helmholtz equation

In this paper we describe some modified regularized boundary integral equations to solve the exterior boundary value problem for the Helmholtz equation with either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We formulate combined boundary integral equations which are uniquely solvable for all wave numbers even for Lipschitz boundaries Γ=∂Ω. This approach extends and unifies existing regularized combined boundary integral formulations.     

Radiation boundary conditions for wave-like equations

In the numerical computation of hyperbolic equations it is not practical to use infinite domains. Instead, one truncates the domain with an artificial boundary. In this study we construct a sequence of radiating boundary conditions for wave-like equations. We prove that as the artificial boundary is moved to infinity the solution approaches the solution of the infinite domain as O(r^?m?1/2) for the m-th boundary condition. Numerical experiments with problems in jet acoustics verify the practical nature and utility of the boundary conditions.     

Construction of Solutions and L^1-error Estimates of Viscous Methods for Scalar Conservation Laws with Boundary

This paper is concerned with an initial boundary value problem for strictly convex conservation laws whose weak entropy solution is in the piecewise smooth solution class consisting of finitely many discontinuities. By the structure of the weak entropy solution of the corresponding initial value problem and the boundary entropy condition developed by Bardos-Leroux Nedelec, we give a construction method to the weak entropy solution of the initial boundary value problem. Compared with the initial value problem, the weak entropy solution of the initial boundary value problem includes the following new interaction type： an expansion wave collides with the boundary and the boundary reflects a new shock wave which is tangent to the boundary. According to the structure and some global estimates of the weak entropy solution, we derive the global L^1-error estimate for viscous methods to this initial boundary value problem by using the matching travelling wave solutions method. If the inviscid solution includes the interaction that an expansion wave collides with the boundary and the boundary reflects a new shock wave which is tangent to the boundary, or the inviscid solution includes some shock wave which is tangent to the boundary, then the error of the viscosity solution to the inviscid solution is bounded by O（ε^1/2） in L^1-norm; otherwise, as in the initial value problem, the L^1-error bound is O（ε｜ In ε｜）.     

The nonlinear boundary layer to the Boltzmann equation for cutoff soft potential with physical boundary condition

We consider the nonlinear boundary layer to the Boltzmann equation for cutoff soft potential with physical boundary condition, i.e., the Dirichlet boundary condition with weak diffuse effect. Under the assumption that the distribution function of gas particles tends to a global Maxwellian in the far field, we will show the boundary layer exist if the boundary data satisfy the solvability condition. Moreover, the codimensions of the boundary data which satisfies the solvability condition change with the Mach number of the far field Maxwellian like Chen et al. (2004) [5], Ukai et al. (2003) [6] and Wang et al. (2007) [7].     

APS boundary conditions, eta invariants and adiabatic limits

We prove an adiabatic limit formula for the eta invariant of a manifold with boundary. The eta invariant is defined using the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer boundary condition and the underlying manifold is fibered over a manifold with boundary. Our result extends the work of Bismut-Cheeger to manifolds with boundary.

     

Simple layer potential and the first boundary value problem for a parabolic system on the plane

By the method of boundary integral equations, we construct a classical solution of the first initial–boundary value problem for a one-dimensional (with respect to x) parabolic system in a domain with nonsmooth lateral boundary for the case in which the right-hand sides of the boundary conditions only have continuous derivatives of order 1/2. We study the smoothness of the solution.     

Fredholm property of boundary value problems for a fourth-order elliptic differential-operator equation with operator boundary conditions

In a Hilbert space H, we study the Fredholm property of a boundary value problem for a fourth-order differential-operator equation of elliptic type with unbounded operators in the boundary conditions. We find sufficient conditions on the operators in the boundary conditions for the problem to be Fredholm. We give applications of the abstract results to boundary value problems for fourth-order elliptic partial differential equations in nonsmooth domains.     

On the exponential convergence of the h–p version for boundary element Galerkin methods on polygons

This paper applies the technique of the h–p version to the boundary element method for boundary value problems on non-smooth, plane domains with piecewise analytic boundary and data. The exponential rate of convergence of the boundary element Galerkin solution is proved when a geometric mesh refinement towards the vertices is used.     

Positive solution of singularly perturbed Dirichlet problem with singularities

A class of singularly perturbed boundary value problem with singularities is considered. Introducing the stretched variables, the boundary layer corrective terms near x = 0 and x = 1 are constructed. Under suitable conditions, by using the theory of differential inequalities the existence and asymptotic behavior of solution for boundary value problem are proved, uniformly valid asymptotic expansion of solution with boundary layers are obtained,     

Boundary conditions in acoustic scattering with respect to the reciprocity relation

A new concept associated with the reciprocity relation in acoustic scattering is introduced. Motivated by this well-known relation, which holds in all the classical cases, more general boundary value problems for the scalar Helmholtz equation are studied. These generalized boundary conditions are characterized by the validity of the reciprocity relation and seem to be an appropriate unification of a large class of boundary value problems in acoustic scattering. The well-known results for the classical problems can be extended to this general case and also new connections with the question about existence and uniqueness of solutions to the boundary value problems can be derived. A constructive procedure shows that this approach is applicable for a large class of boundary conditions.     

Global Jacobian and Γ-convergence in a two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model for boundary vortices

In the theory of 2D Ginzburg-Landau vortices, the Jacobian plays a crucial role for the detection of topological singularities. We introduce a related distributional quantity, called the global Jacobian that can detect both interior and boundary vortices for a 2D map u. We point out several features of the global Jacobian, in particular, we prove an important stability property. This property allows us to study boundary vortices in a 2D Ginzburg-Landau model arising in thin ferromagnetic films, where a weak anchoring boundary energy penalising the normal component of u at the boundary competes with the usual bulk potential energy. We prove an asymptotic expansion by Γ-convergence at the second order for this mixed boundary/interior energy in a regime where boundary vortices are preferred. More precisely, at the first order of the limiting expansion, the energy is quantised and determined by the number of boundary vortices detected by the global Jacobian, while the second order term in the limiting energy expansion accounts for the interaction between the boundary vortices.     

Nano boundary layer equation with nonlinear Navier boundary condition

At the micro and nano scale the standard no slip boundary condition of classical fluid mechanics does not apply and must be replaced by a boundary condition that allows some degree of tangential slip. In this study the classical laminar boundary layer equations are studied using Lie symmetries with the no-slip boundary condition replaced by a nonlinear Navier boundary condition. This boundary condition contains an arbitrary index parameter, denoted by n>0, which appears in the coefficients of the ordinary differential equation to be solved. The case of a boundary layer formed in a convergent channel with a sink, which corresponds to n=1/2, is solved analytically. Another analytical but non-unique solution is found corresponding to the value n=1/3, while other values of n for n>1/2 correspond to the boundary layer formed in the flow past a wedge and are solved numerically. It is found that for fixed slip length the velocity components are reduced in magnitude as n increases, while for fixed n the velocity components are increased in magnitude as the slip length is increased.     

Boundary triples and quasi boundary triples for elliptic operators

The abstract concepts of boundary triples and their recent generalizations are useful tools to parametrize the self-adjoint and maximal dissipative/maximal accumulative extensions of formally symmetric elliptic differential expressions with the help of explicit boundary conditions. In the present note the parametrizations induced by the “natural” quasi boundary triple with the Dirichlet and Neumann trace as boundary maps are compared with the parametrizations induced by a “classical” ordinary boundary triple, where a regularized Neumann trace is used for one of the boundary maps. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Splitting as an approach to constructing local exact artificial boundary conditions

We employ the technique of splitting for constructing artificial boundary conditions (ABCs) for the linear advection–diffusion–reaction equation when the computational domain is an nD open set with a piecewise smooth artificial boundary. The splitting is performed both by the physical processes and by coordinates. The former permits to construct ABCs for each of the processes separately, which provides local exact boundary conditions; the latter leads to ABCs much less exigent to the shape of artificial boundary in comparison with many others. We also prove that the corresponding boundary value problems are well-posed, and present results of the numerical experiments that confirm the theoretical study.     

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS FOR COMPRESSIBLE HEAT-CONDUCTING FLOW WITH SYMMETRY AND FREE BOUNDARY

ABSTRACT

Global solutions of the multidimensional Navier-Stokes equations for compressible heat-conducting flow are constructed, with spherically symmetric initial data of large oscillation between a static solid core and a free boundary connected to a surrounding vacuum state. The free boundary connects the compressible heat-conducting fluids to the vacuum state with free normal stress and zero normal heat flux. The fluids are initially assumed to fill with a finite volume and zero density at the free boundary, and with bounded positive density and temperature between the solid core and the initial position of the free boundary. One of the main features of this problem is the singularity of solutions near the free boundary. Our approach is to combine an effective difference scheme to construct approximate solutions with the energy methods and the pointwise estimate techniques to deal with the singularity of solutions near the free boundary and to obtain the bounded estimates of the solutions and the free boundary as time evolves. The convergence of the difference scheme is established. It is also proved that no vacuum develops between the solid core and the free boundary, and the free boundary expands with finite speed.     

Boundary value problems with operator right-hand side

For a second-order boundary value problem with operator right-hand side and with functional boundary conditions, we prove solvability theorems with mixed and Dirichlet boundary conditions assuming the existence of a lower and an upper function. These theorems are analogs of theorems for the corresponding boundary value problems for an ordinary second-order differential equation with right-hand side satisfying the Carathéodory conditions.     

An algebraic foundation for factoring linear boundary problems

Motivated by boundary problems for linear differential equations, we define an abstract boundary problem as a pair consisting of a surjective linear map (“differential operator”) and an orthogonally closed subspace of the dual space (“boundary conditions”). Defining the composition of boundary problems corresponding to their Green’s operators in reverse order, we characterize and construct all factorizations of a boundary problem from a given factorization of the defining operator. For the case of ordinary differential equations, the main results can be made algorithmic. We conclude with a factorization of a boundary problem for the wave equation. This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) under the SFB grant F1322.     

Boundary value problems on manifolds with fibered boundary

We define a class of boundary value problems on manifolds with fibered boundary. This class is in a certain sense a deformation between the classical boundary value problems and the Atiyah–Patodi–Singer problems in subspaces (it contains both as special cases). The boundary conditions in this theory are taken as elements of the C *‐algebra generated by pseudodifferential operators and families of pseudodifferential operators in the fibers. We prove the Fredholm property for elliptic boundary value problems and compute a topological obstruction (similar to Atiyah–Bott obstruction) to the existence of elliptic boundary conditions for a given elliptic operator. Geometric operators with trivial and nontrivial obstruction are given. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)