Well‐posedness of the upper convected Maxwell fluid in the limit of infinite Weissenberg number

An iteration scheme is used to show the well‐posedness of the initial‐boundary value problem for incompressible hypoelastic materials, which arise as a high Weissenberg number limit of viscoelastic fluids. We first assume that the stress is a rank‐one matrix T=qq^T, q∈?ⁿ, and develop energy estimates to show that the problem is locally well‐posed. This problem is related to incompressible ideal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We show that the general case T=CC^T, C∈?^n×n can be handled by a generalization of the method we developed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Spectrally determined growth for creeping flow of the upper convected Maxwell fluid

While it is well known that the stability of Newtonian flows is determined by the eigenvalues of a linearized equation, there are no general results of this type for non-Newtonian fluids. In this paper, we show that linear stability of steady creeping flows of the upper convected Maxwell fluid is indeed determined by the spectrum of the linearized operator. The proof uses the theory of evolution semigroups over dynamical systems.     

Hydromagnetic stability of plane Couette flow of an upper convected Maxwell fluid

Hydrodynamic stability of plane Couette flow of an upper convectedMaxwell fluid is investigated in presence of a transverse magneticfield assuming that the magnetic Prandtl number is sufficientlysmall. The resulting equation is a modified Orr–Sommerfeldequation. The equations of stability are solved numericallyusing Chebyshev collocation method with QZ algorithm. The criticalvalues of Reynolds number, wave number and wave speed are computedand the results are shown through the neutral curves. By increasingthe amount of elasticity to a certain value, it is shown that,as the Hartmann number increases, the minimum critical Reynoldsnumber decreases and it does not increase again in contrastto the Newtonian case.     

Initial value problems for creeping flow of Maxwell fluids

We consider the flow of nonlinear Maxwell fluids in the unsteady quasistatic case, where the effect of inertia is neglected. We study the well-posedness of the resulting PDE initial-boundary value problem locally in time. This well-posedness depends on the unique solvability of an elliptic boundary value problem. We first present results for the 3D case with sufficiently small initial data and for a simple shear flow problem with arbitrary initial data; after that we extend our results to some 3D flow problems with large initial data.We solve our problem using an iteration between linear subproblems. The limit of the iteration provides the solution of our original problem.     

Defect correction method for viscoelastic fluid flows at high Weissenberg number

We study a defect correction method for the approximation of viscoelastic fluid flow. In the defect step, the constitutive equation is computed with an artificially reduced Weissenberg parameter for stability, and the resulting residual is corrected in the correction step. We prove the convergence of the defect correction method and derive an error estimate for the Oseen‐viscoelastic model problem. The derived theoretical results are supported by numerical tests for both the Oseen‐viscoelastic problem and the Johnson‐Segalman model problem. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2006     

Asymptotic expansion for 1D steady nonuniform enthalpy compressible supersonic flow at high Reynolds number

The exact solution of one-dimensional (1D) steady compressible Navier–Stokes (N-S) equations at high Reynolds number has not been given yet under nonuniform total enthalpy when the Prandtl number ( $Pr$) is not equal to 0.75 since Becker's work in 1922. In this paper, we give an asymptotic expansion of the solution of the above equations at high Reynolds number by using the method of matched asymptotic expansions and prove convergence of the asymptotic solution under some assumptions. By analyzing the dimensionless form of one-dimensional steady compressible Navier–Stokes equations, we find that if there are extreme points inside the boundary layer, the number of extreme points of velocity is at most one more than that of total enthalpy and the extreme points of each flow variables are different from each other. Based on the second-order asymptotic expansion solution, we show that there are extreme points inside the thin boundary layer under some special conditions. Examples are given to verify theoretical analysis. The present asymptotic expansion solution is valuable for verifying the efficiency of high-order numerical methods in flow simulation of high Reynolds number.     

Expansions at small Reynolds numbers for the flow past a porous circular cylinder

The purpose of this article is to use the method of matched asymptotic expansions (MMAE) in order to study the two-dimensional steady low Reynolds number flow of a viscous incompressible fluid past a porous circular cylinder. We assume that the flow inside the porous body is described by the continuity and Brinkman equations, and the velocity and boundary traction fields are continuous across the interface between the fluid and porous media. Formal expansions for the corresponding stream functions are used. We show that the force exerted by the exterior flow on the porous cylinder admits an asymptotic expansion with respect to low Reynolds numbers, whose terms depend on the characteristics of the porous cylinder. In addition, by considering Darcy's law for the flow inside the porous circular cylinder, an asymptotic formula for the force on the cylinder is obtained. Also, a porous circular cylinder with a rigid core inside is considered with Brinkman equation inside the porous region. Stress jump condition is used at the porous–liquid interface together with the continuity of velocity components and continuity of normal stress. Some particular cases, which refer to the low Reynolds number flow past a solid circular cylinder, have also been investigated.     

On singular solutions of the initial boundary value problem for the Stokes system in a power cusp domain

The initial boundary value problem for the non-steady Stokes system is considered in bounded domains with the boundary having a peak-type singularity (power cusp singularity). The case of the boundary value with a nonzero time-dependent flow rate is studied. The formal asymptotic expansion of the solution near the singular point is constructed. This expansion contains both the outer asymptotic expansion and the boundary-layer-in-time corrector with the ‘fast time’ variable depending on the distance to the cusp point. The solution of the problem is constructed as the sum of the asymptotic expansion and the term with finite energy.     

The initial value problem for a multi‐dimensional radiation hydrodynamics model with viscosity

In this paper, we study the existence and time‐asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the equations of radiation hydrodynamics with viscosity in ?³. The global existence of the solutions is obtained by using the energy method. With more elaborate energy estimates, we also give some decay rates of the solutions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the structure of the solution of singularly perturbed initial boundary value problems with an unbounded spectrum of the limit operator

Singularly perturbed initial boundary value problems are studied for some classes of linear systems of ordinary differential equations on the semiaxis with an unbounded spectrum of the limit operator. We give a new version of the proof of the existence of a unique and bounded (as ε→+0) solution for which with the help of the splitting method we construct a uniform asymptotic expansion on the entire semiaxis and describe all singularities (reflecting the structure of the corresponding boundary layers) in closed analytic form, including the critical case in which the points of the spectrum of the limit operator can touch the imaginary axis; this supplements previous results. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 831–835, June, 1999.     

A Laguerre expansion of the Cauchy problem for convective diffusive flow

A solution to an inverse problem involving noncharacteristic Cauchy conditions for a one-dimensional parabolic partial differential equation is presented which extends previous work in which the effects of a first-order convective term were ignored. The new solution involves a series expansion in Laguerre polynomials in time with spatial coefficients expressed in terms of a new set of special functions. These special functions are studied and many new properties are derived including a set of five term recurrence relations. The paper concludes with a theoretical study of conditions under which the inverse problem is well-posed.     

Global well‐posedness for free boundary problem of the Oldroyd‐B model fluid flow

In this paper, we prove the global well‐posedness of non‐Newtonian viscous fluid flow of the Oldroyd‐B model with free surface in a bounded domain of N‐dimensional Euclidean space . The assumption of the problem is that the initial data are small enough and orthogonal to rigid motions. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The upper bound of the number of cycles in a 2‐factor of a line graph

Let G be a simple graph with order n and minimum degree at least two. In this paper, we prove that if every odd branch‐bond in G has an edge‐branch, then its line graph has a 2‐factor with at most components. For a simple graph with minimum degree at least three also, the same conclusion holds. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 55: 72–82, 2007     

Operator splitting for the numerical solution of free surface flow at low capillary numbers

Free surface flows are pervasive in engineering and biomedical applications. In many interesting cases—particularly when small length scales are involved—surface forces (capillarity) dominate the flow dynamics. In these cases, computing the flow together with the shape of the surfaces, requires specialized solution techniques. This article investigates the capabilities of an operator splitting/finite elements method at handling accurately incompressible viscous flow with free surfaces at low capillary numbers. The test case of flow in the downstream section of a slot coater is used for three reasons: (1) it is an established benchmark; (2) it represents an idealized, yet industrially relevant flow; (3) high-fidelity results obtained with monolithic algorithms are available in literature. The flow and free surface shape attained with the new operator splitting scheme agree very satisfactorily with the results obtained with monolithic solvers. Because of its inherent computational simplicity, the new operator splitting scheme is attractive for large-scale simulations, three-dimensional flows, and flows of complex fluids.     

The exact number of solutions for the second order nonlinear boundary value problem

A second order nonlinear differential equation with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions is considered. An explicit expression for the root functions for an autonomous nonlinear boundary value problem is obtained using the results of the paper [SOMORA, P.: The lower bound of the number of solutions for the second order nonlinear boundary value problem via the root functions method, Math. Slovaca 57 (2007), 141–156]. Other assumptions are supposed to prove the monotonicity of root functions and to get the exact number of solutions. The existence of infinitely many solutions of the boundary value problem with strong nonlinearity is obtained by the root function method as well. The paper was supported by the Grant VEGA No. 2/7140/27, Bratislava.     

The coupling of bem and fem for the two-dimensional viscous flow problem

In this paper we propose a numerical scheme for treating the problem of sJow viscous flow past an obstacle in the plane. This scheme is a combination of boundary element and finite element methods. By introducing an auxiliary boundary curve, we divide the region under consideration into two subregions, an inner and an outer region. In the inner region, we employ a finite element method (FEM) for solving a system of simplified field equations with proper natural boundary conditions. In the outer region, the solution is expressed in the form of a simple-layer potential with density function satisfying a system of modified integral equations of the first kind. The latter are solved by a boundary element method (BEM). Both solutions are matched on the common auxiliary boundary curve. Error estimates in suitable function spaces are derived in terms of the mesh widths as well as the small parameters, the Reynolds numbers     

The second expansion of the solution for a singular elliptic boundary value problem

In this paper we analyze the second expansion of the unique solution near the boundary to the singular Dirichlet problem −Δu=b(x)g(u), u>0, x∈Ω, u_|∂Ω=0, where Ω is a bounded domain with smooth boundary in RN, g∈C¹((0,∞),(0,∞)), g is decreasing on (0,∞) with and g is normalised regularly varying at zero with index −γ (γ>1), , is positive in Ω, may be vanishing on the boundary.     

The local Borg–Marchenko uniqueness theorem of matrix-valued Dirac-type operators for coefficients locally smooth at the right endpoint

We provide an expression of the Weyl–Titchmarsh matrix associated with a self-adjoint matrix-valued Dirac-type operator defined on [0, b) for . As a concrete application of it, we establish asymptotics of the difference $(M_{+}-{\stackrel{\sim }{M}}_{+})(z)$ of two Weyl–Titchmarsh matrices $M_{+},{\stackrel{\sim }{M}}_{+}$ corresponding to two Dirac-type operators $L=Jd/dx-B(x)$, $\stackrel{\sim }{L}=Jd/dx-\stackrel{\sim }{B}(x)$ with $B=\stackrel{\sim }{B}$ a.e. on [0, a], in $L_2{(0,b)}^{2m}$ with , when the $B(x),\stackrel{\sim }{B}(x)$ are sufficiently smooth in a right neighborhood of the point a and their right derivatives at a coincide up to a certain order. In addition to this, we also provide new proofs of the local Borg–Marchenko theorem and asymptotic high-energy expansion of Weyl–Titchmarsh matrices associated with Dirac-type operators.     

The independence number condition for the existence of a spanning f‐tree

Let G be a graph and f be a mapping from V(G) to the positive integers. A subgraph T of G is called an f‐tree if T forms a tree and d_T(x)≤f(x) for any x∈V(T). We propose a conjecture on the existence of a spanning f‐tree, and give a partial solution to it. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 65: 173–184, 2010