Existence of solutions for linear hyperbolic initial-boundary value problems in a rectangle

In a recent article, we achieved the well-posedness of linear hyperbolic initial and boundary value problems (IBVP) in a rectangle via semigroup method, and we found that there are only two elementary modes called hyperbolic and elliptic modes in the system. It seems that, there is only one set of boundary conditions for the hyperbolic mode, while there are infinitely many sets of boundary conditions for the elliptic mode, which can lead to well-posedness. In this article, we continue to consider linear hyperbolic IBVP in a rectangle in the constant coefficients case and we show that there are also infinitely many sets of boundary conditions for hyperbolic mode which will lead to the existence of a solution. We also have uniqueness in some special cases. The boundary conditions satisfy the reflection conditions introduced in Section 3, which turn out to be equivalent to the strictly dissipative conditions.     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions for the 1-D isentropic Navier–Stokes–Korteweg equations with free boundary

In this paper, we consider the problem with a gas–gas free boundary for the one dimensional isentropic compressible Navier–Stokes–Korteweg system. For shock wave, asymptotic profile of the problem is shown to be a shifted viscous shock profile, which is suitably away from the boundary, and prove that if the initial data around the shifted viscous shock profile and its strength are sufficiently small, then the problem has a unique global strong solution, which tends to the shifted viscous shock profile as time goes to infinity. Also, we show the asymptotic stability toward rarefaction wave without the smallness on the strength if the initial data around the rarefaction wave are sufficiently small.     

The Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to the Damped P-system with Boundary Effects

The initial boundary value problems (IBVP) for the P-system with damping on [0, 1] × (0, +∞) arc considered. The global existence of smooth solutions for the TBVP are proved, and their large-time behavior is analyzed. The time-asymptotic equivalence of these solutions to the solutions of the IBVP for the reduced system (1.2) is shown.     

On the completeness of root vectors generated by systems of coupled hyperbolic equations

The paper is the second in a set of two papers, which are devoted to a unified approach to the problem of completeness of the generalized eigenvectors (the root vectors) for a specific class of linear non‐selfadjoint unbounded matrix differential operators. The list of the problems for which such operators are the dynamics generators includes the following: (a) initial boundary‐value problem (IBVP) for a non‐homogeneous string with both distributed and boundary damping; (b) IBVP for small vibrations of an ideal filament with a one‐parameter family of dissipative boundary conditions at one end and with a heavy load at the other end; this filament problem is treated for two cases of the boundary parameter: non‐singular and singular; (c) IBVP for a three‐dimensional damped wave equation with spherically symmetric coefficients and both distributed and boundary damping; (d) IBVP for a system of two coupled hyperbolic equations constituting a Timoshenko beam model with variable coefficients and boundary damping; (e) IBVP for a coupled Euler‐Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam model with boundary energy dissipation (the model known in engineering literature as bending‐torsion vibration model); (f) IBVP for two coupled Timoshenko beams model, which is currently accepted as an appropriate model describing vibrational behavior of a longer double‐walled carbon nanotube. Problems have been discussed in the first paper of the aforementioned set. Problems are discussed in the present paper.     

Exact Controllability for Nonautonomous First Order Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems

By means of the theory on the semi-global C1 solution to the mixed initial-boundary value problem (IBVP) for first order quasilinear hyperbolic systems, we establish the exact controllability for general nonautonomous first order quasilinear hyperbolic systems with general nonlinear boundary conditions.     

Mathematical analysis of the quasilinear effects in a hyperbolic model blood flow through compliant axi‐symmetric vessels

In this paper, we present a mathematical analysis of the quasilinear effects arising in a hyperbolic system of partial differential equations modelling blood flow through large compliant vessels. The equations are derived using asymptotic reduction of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equations in narrow, long channels. To guarantee strict hyperbolicity we first derive the estimates on the initial and boundary data which imply strict hyperbolicity in the region of smooth flow. We then prove a general theorem which provides conditions under which an initial–boundary value problem for a quasilinear hyperbolic system admits a smooth solution. Using this result we show that pulsatile flow boundary data always give rise to shock formation (high gradients in the velocity and inner vessel radius). We estimate the time and the location of the first shock formation and show that in a healthy individual, shocks form well outside the physiologically interesting region (2.8m downstream from the inlet boundary). In the end we present a study of the influence of vessel tapering on shock formation. We obtain a surprising result: vessel tapering postpones shock formation. We provide an explanation for why this is the case. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Eventual periodicity of forced oscillations of the Korteweg-de Vries type equation

In this paper, we study the eventual periodicity of the initial boundary value problem (IBVP) for Korteweg-de Vries equation posed on a bounded domain. We show that if the boundary forcing is periodic of period τ, then the solution u of the IBVP at each spatial point becomes eventually time-periodic of period τ. In order to exhibit eventual periodicity, we approximate the solution of the IBVP using the Adomian decomposition method. We compare our work with the approximate solution of IBVP obtained by the homotopy perturbation method and present numerical experiments using Mathematica.     

具有非局部边界条件的强耦合反应扩散方程组(英)

考虑具有非局部边界条件的半线性强耦合反应扩散方程组的初边值问题．利用上、下解方法和Leray—Schauder不动点定理等，证明问题在适当条件下的光滑解的存在唯一性．     

Interaction of elementary waves on a boundary for a hyperbolic system of conservation laws

In this paper, we study the interaction of elementary waves including delta‐shock waves on a boundary for a hyperbolic system of conservation laws. A boundary entropy condition is derived, thanks to the results of Dubois and Le Floch (J. Differ. Equations 1988; 71 :93–122) by taking a suitable entropy–flux pair. We obtain the solutions of the initial‐boundary value problem for the system constructively, in which initial‐boundary data are piecewise constant states. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Best asymptotic profile for linear damped p-system with boundary effect

This paper is devoted to the study of the 2×2 linear damped p-system with boundary effect. By a heuristic analysis, we realize that the best asymptotic profile for the original solution is the parabolic solution of the IBVP for the corresponding porous media equation with a specified initial data. In particular, we further show the convergence rates of the original solution to its best asymptotic profile, which are much better than the existing rates obtained in the previous works. The approach adopted in the paper is the elementary weighted energy method with Green function method together.     

Initial-Boundary Value Problem for a Class of Linear Relaxation Systems in Arbitrary Space Dimensions

In this paper, we consider the characteristic initial-boundary value problem (IBVP) for the multi-dimensional Jin-Xin relaxation model in a half-space with arbitrary space dimension n?2. As in the one-dimensional case (n=1, see (J. Differential Equations, 167 (2000), 388-437), our main interest is on the precise structural stability conditions on the relaxation system, particularly the formulation of boundary conditions, such that the relaxation IBVP is stiffly well posed, that is, uniformly well posed independent of the relaxation parameter ε>0, and the solution of the relaxation IBVP converges, as ε→0, to that of the corresponding limiting equilibrium system, except for a sharp transition layer near the boundary. Our main result can be roughly stated as Stiff Kreiss Condition=Uniform Kreiss Condition for the relaxation IBVP we consider in this paper, which is in sharp contrast to the one-dimensional case (Z. Xin and W.-Q. Xu, J. Differential Equations, 167 (2000), 388-437). More precisely, we show that the Uniform Kreiss Condition (which is necessary and sufficient for the well posedness of the relaxation IBVP for each fixed ε), together with the subcharacteristic condition (which is necessary and sufficient for the stiff well posedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem), also guarantees the stiff well posedness of our relaxation IBVP and the asymptotic convergence to the corresponding equilibrium system in the limit of small relaxation rate. Optimal convergence rates are obtained and various boundary layer behaviors are also rigorously justified.     

Stability of transonic shock fronts in two-dimensional Euler systems

We study the stability of stationary transonic shock fronts under two-dimensional perturbation in gas dynamics. The motion of the gas is described by the full Euler system. The system is hyperbolic ahead of the shock front, and is a hyperbolic-elliptic composed system behind the shock front. The stability of the shock front and the downstream flow under two-dimensional perturbation of the upstream flow can be reduced to a free boundary value problem of the hyperbolic-elliptic composed system. We develop a method to deal with boundary value problems for such systems. The crucial point is to decompose the system to a canonical form, in which the hyperbolic part and the elliptic part are only weakly coupled in their coefficients. By several sophisticated iterative processes we establish the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the described free boundary value problem. Our result indicates the stability of the transonic shock front and the flow field behind the shock.

     

The Broadwell model with a subsonic boundary

In this paper, we focus on the time-asymptotic behavior of an initial boundary value problem (IBVP) for the Broadwell model with a subsonic physical boundary. By using the Green’s function for the initial problem established in [C.-Y. Lan, H.-E. Lin, S.-H. Yu, The Green’s functions for the Broadwell model in half space problem, Netw. Heterog. Media 1 (1) (2006)] and the weighted energy estimates, we construct the Green’s function for IBVP and show that the solution converges pointwise to the equilibrium state when the perturbations are sufficiently small.     

Existence of global strong solutions for Navier–Stokes equations with external force

We consider the initial boundary value problems (IBVPs) for 1D isentropic compressible Navier–Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity coefficients and external force. If the initial data is regular, the existence and uniqueness of global strong solution to IBVP are proved in this article.     

The singular solutions to a nonsymmetric system of Keyfitz-Kranzer type with initial data of Riemann type

The solutions to the Riemann problem for a nonsymmetric system of Keyfitz-Kranzer type are constructed explicitly when the initial data are located in the quarter phase plane. In particular, some singular hyperbolic waves are discovered when one of the Riemann initial data is located on the boundary of the quarter phase plane, such as the delta shock wave and some composite waves in which the contact discontinuity coincides with the shock wave or the wave back of rarefaction wave. The double Riemann problem for this system with three piecewise constant states is also considered when the delta shock wave is involved. Furthermore, the global solutions to the double Riemann problem are constructed through studying the interaction between the delta shock wave and the other elementary waves by using the method of characteristics. Some interesting nonlinear phenomena are discovered during the process of constructing solutions; for example, a delta shock wave is decomposed into a delta contact discontinuity and a shock wave.     

Non-standard finite difference method applied to an initial boundary value problem describing hepatitis B virus infection

In this paper, two non-standard finite difference (NSFD) schemes are proposed for a mathematical model of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with spatial dependence. The dynamic properties of the obtained discretized systems are completely analyzed. Relying on the theory of M-matrix, we prove that the proposed NSFD schemes is unconditionally positive. Furthermore, we establish that the NSFD method used preserves all constant steady states of the corresponding continuous initial boundary value problem (IBVP) model. We prove that the conditions for those equilibria to be asymptotically stable are consistent with the continuous IBVP model independently of the numerical grid size. The global asymptotical properties of the HBV-free equilibrium of the proposed NSFD schemes are derived via the construction of a suitable discrete Lyapunov function, and coincides with the continuous system. This confirms that the discretized models are dynamically consistent since they maintain essential properties of the corresponding continuous IBVP model. Finally, numerical simulations are performed from which it is demonstrated that the proposed NSFD method is advantageous over the standard finite difference (SFD) method.     

Initial boundary value problems for quasilinear symmetric hyperbolic systems with characteristic boundary

This paper is devoted to initial boundary value problems for quasi-linear symmetric hyperbolic systems in a domain with characteristic boundary. It extends the theory on linear symmetric hyperbolic systems established by Friedrichs to the nonlinear case. The concept on regular characteristics and dissipative boundary conditions are given for quasilinear hyperbolic systems. Under some assumptions, an existence theorem for such initial boundary value problems is obtained. The theorem can also be applied to the Euler system of compressible flow. __________ Translated from Chinese Annals of Mathematics, Ser. A, 1982, 3(2): 223–232     

A Nonhomogeneous Boundary Value Problem for the Boussinesq Equation on a Bounded Domain

In this paper, we study the well-posedness of an initial-boundary-value problem (IBVP) for the Boussinesq equation on a bounded domain,\begin{cases} &u_{tt}-u_{xx}+(u^2)_{xx}+u_{xxxx}=0,\quad x\in (0,1), \;\;t>0,\\ &u(x,0)=\varphi(x),\;\;\; u_t(x,0)=ψ(x),\\ &u(0,t)=h_1(t),\;\;\;u(1,t)=h_2(t),\;\;\;u_{xx}(0,t)=h_3(t),\;\;\;u_{xx}(1,t)=h_4(t).\\ \end{cases} It is shown that the IBVP is locally well-posed in the space $H^s (0,1)$ for any $s\geq 0$ with the initial data $\varphi,$ $\psi$ lie in $H^s(0,1)$ and $ H^{s-2}(0,1)$, respectively, and the naturally compatible boundary data $h_1,$ $h_2$ in the space $H_{loc}^{(s+1)/2}(\mathbb{R}^+)$, and $h_3 $, $h_4$ in the the space of $H_{loc}^{(s-1)/2}(\mathbb{R}^+)$ with optimal regularity.