Exact controllability of the wave equation with time-dependent and variable coefficients

This paper deals with boundary exact controllability for the dynamics governed by the wave equation with variable coefficients in time and space, subject to Dirichlet or Neumann boundary controls. The observability inequalities are established by the Riemannian geometry method under some geometric conditions.     

The Bresse system in thermoelasticity

In this paper, we consider the Bresse system coupled with the Fourier law of heat conduction. We prove that the decay rate of the solution is very slow. In fact, we show that the L²‐norm of the solution decays with the rate of (1 + t)^?1/12 similar to the one obtained for the Timoshenko system. In addition, we found that the wave speed of the first two equations still control the decay rate of the solution with respect to the regularity of the initial data. This seems to be the first result dealing with the behavior of the Cauchy problem in the Bresse–Fourier model. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Bresse system with infinite memories

In this paper, we consider a one‐dimensional linear Bresse system with infinite memories acting in the three equations of the system. We establish well‐posedness and asymptotic stability results for the system under some conditions imposed into the relaxation functions regardless to the speeds of wave propagations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The optimal decay rate for a weak dissipative Bresse system

In this work we consider the Bresse system with frictional damping operating only on the angle displacement and we show that under a certain assertion the solution decays polynomially and the decay rate is optimal.     

Exact controllability for the wave equation with variable coefficients

We consider in this paper the evolution systemy″−Ay=0, whereA =∂ _i(a_ij∂_j) anda _ij ∈C ¹ (ℝ⁺;W ^1,∞ (Ω)) ∩W ^1,∞ (Ω × ℝ⁺), with initial data given by (y ₀,y ₁) ∈L ²(Ω) ×H ⁻¹ (Ω) and the nonhomogeneous conditiony=v on Γ ×]0,T[. Exact controllability means that there exist a timeT>0 and a controlv such thaty(T, v)=y′(T, v)=0. The main result of this paper is to prove that the above system is exactly controllable whenT is “sufficiently large”. Moreover, we obtain sharper estimates onT.     

Stability to weak dissipative Bresse system

In this paper we study the Bresse system with frictional dissipation working only on the angle displacement. Our main result is to prove that this dissipative mechanism is enough to stabilize exponentially the whole system provided the velocities of waves propagations are the same. This result is significative only from the mathematical point of view since in practice the velocities of waves propagations are always different. In that direction we show that when the velocities are not the same, the system is not exponentially stable and we prove that the solution in this case goes to zero polynomially, with rates that can be improved by taking more regular initial data. Finally, we give some numerical result to verify our analytical results.     

Exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations with variable coefficients using exp-function method

In this paper, we apply the exp-function method to construct generalized solitary and periodic solutions of nonlinear evolution equations with variable coefficients. The proposed technique is tested on the Zakharov-Kuznetsov and (2+1)-dimensional Broer-Kaup equations with variable coefficients. These equations play a very important role in mathematical physics and engineering sciences. The suggested algorithm is quite efficient and is practically well suited for use in these problems. Obtained results clearly indicate the reliability and efficiency of the proposed exp-function method.     

一维绝热流方程组的精确边界能控性

利用一阶拟线性双曲组混合初边值问题的精确能控性理论,通过对边界速度或压强的控制,实现了一维绝热流方程组的精确边界能控性.     

Stability and optimality of decay rate for a weakly dissipative Bresse system

This paper is concerned with asymptotic stability of a Bresse system with two frictional dissipations. Under mathematical condition of equal speed of wave propagation, we prove that the system is exponentially stable. Otherwise, we show that Bresse system is not exponentially stable. Then, in the latter case, by using a recent result in linear operator theory, we prove the solution decays polynomially to zero with optimal decay rate. Better rates of polynomial decay depending on the regularity of initial data are also achieved. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exact solutions to nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients

According to Ma-Fuchsseiter’s idea, a trial equation method was proposed to find the exact envelop traveling wave solutions to some nonlinear differential equations with variable coefficients. As an application, combining with the complete discrimination system for polynomial, some exact envelop traveling wave solutions to Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients were obtained. At the same time, the physical meanings of the obtained solutions are discussed, and the problem needed to further study is pointed out.     

Spectral analysis and stability of thermoelastic Bresse system with second sound and boundary viscoelastic damping

In this paper, we consider the energy decay rate of a thermoelastic Bresse system with variable coefficients. Assume that the thermo-propagation in the system satisfies the Cattaneo's law, which can eliminate the paradox of infinite speed of thermal propagation in the assumption of the Fourier's law in the classical theory of thermoelasticity. Meanwhile, we also discuss the effect of a boundary viscoelastic damping on the stability of this system. By a detailed spectral analysis, we obtain the expressions of the spectrum and deduce some spectral properties of the system. Then based on the distribution of the spectrum, we prove that the energy of the system with a boundary viscoelastic damping decays exponentially. However, it no longer decays exponentially if there is no boundary damping. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exact controllability of thermoelastic plate equation with memory

In this paper, we consider exact control problem for a coupled system of plate with Gurtin‐Pipkin equation. Using duality arguments, the problem is reduced to the obtention of suitable observability estimates for the dual system. Firstly, we obtain the observability inequality of the dual system by means of multiplier method. Then, we prove that the system is exactly controllable based on the Hilbert Unique Method.     

Exact solutions of the combined KdV-Burgers equation with variable coefficients

In this Letter, the exp-function method is used to obtain generalized solitary solutions and periodic solutions of the general types of combined KdV-Burgers equation with variable coefficients. It is shown that the exp-function method via symbolic computation provides a straightforward and powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear evolution equations with variable coefficients in mathematical physics.     

On the exponential and polynomial stability for a linear Bresse system

In this paper, we consider a linear one-dimensional Bresse system consisting of three hyperbolic equations coupled in a certain manner under mixed homogeneous Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions. Here, we consider that only the longitudinal displacement is damped, and the vertical displacement and shear angle displacement are free. We prove the well-posedness of the system and some exponential, lack of exponential and polynomial stability results depending on the coefficients of the equations and the smoothness of initial data. At the end, we use some numerical approximations based on finite difference techniques to validate the theoretical results. The proof is based on the semigroup theory and a combination of the energy method and the frequency domain approach.     

Asymptotic stability for Bresse systems

In this paper consider a vibrating system of Bresse type in a one-dimensional bounded domain with a nonlinear damping acting in the equation of the shear angle displacement, and nonlinear localized damping in other equations. We show the asymptotic stability without imposing conditions about the equal-speed wave propagation, using a method developed by Lasiecka and Tataru [9].     

Periodic solutions for wave equations with variable coefficients with nonlinear localized damping

We discuss the existence of periodic solutions to the wave equation with variable coefficients utt−div(A(x)∇u)+ρ(x,ut)=f(x,t) with Dirichlet boundary condition. Here ρ(x,v) is a function like ρ(x,v)=a(x)g(v) with g^′(v)?0 where a(x) is nonnegative, being positive only in a neighborhood of a part of the domain.     

Exact controllability for some degenerate wave equations

In this paper, we study one-dimensional linear degenerate wave equations with a distributed controller. We establish observability inequalities for degenerate wave equation by multiplier method. We also deduce the exact controllability for degenerate wave equation by Hilbert uniqueness method when the control acts on the nondegenerate boundary. Moreover, an explicit expression for the controllability time is given.     

高阶拟线性双曲型方程的精确边界能控性

By means of the existence and uniqueness of semi-global C^1 solution to the mixed initial-boundary value problem with general nonlinear boundary conditions for first order quasilinear hyperbolic systems with zero eigenvalues ,the local exact boundary controllability for higher order quasilinear hyperbolic equations is established.     

河渠非定常流的精确边界能控性

借助于一阶拟线性双曲型方程组混合初边值问题的半整体C^1解理论对单个河道及弦状网络河道中的非定常流动分别讨论了在闸门边界条件下的精确边界能控性问题,并对在泄洪边界条件下的精确边界能控性进行了相应的讨论。