Using null strain energy functions in compressible finite elasticity to generate exact solutions

In this paper we characterize those strain energy functions in unconstrained nonlinear elasticity that satisfy the equations of equilibrium identically. The idea is to construct a useful, physically reasonable strain–energy function containing one or more components which are null, in such a way that exact solutions may be obtained from the resulting equilibrium equations. We show that the dilatation is a universal null energy while there may be others that depend on the actual problem. To obtain the null energies for a given problem it is often convenient to formulate the variational problem and look at the Euler–Lagrange equations. Specific examples are used to illustrate some of the potential uses of the method in finding exact solutions for physically meaningful constitutive models.      

Some new closed-form solutions describing spherical inflation in compressible finite elasticity

Within the context of finite elasticity, considerable interesthas been shown in the problem of inflating spherical shellsof special compressible materials. Three new closed-form solutionsto the above problem are presented. The qualitative featuresof the inflation of thin shells of these special materials arethen studied. The related problems of spherical eversion andcylindrical inflation are also briefly considered.     

Polyharmonic functions in structures of exact solutions in the elasticity theory

We introduce an asymptotic algorithm that allows us to construct both approximate and exact solutions to a set of equations in the linear elasticity theory. The exact solutions are expressed by polynomials in one of coordinates, while their coefficients include polyharmonic functions that depend on two other coordinates. For the sake of ordering of solutions, one can associate every exact solution with the number of the asymptotic approximation.     

Cylindrical and spherical inflation in compressible finite elasticity

Murphy (1992) examined cylindrical and spherical inflation ofcompressible perfectly elastic materials having three specialforms of the strain-energy function. In this paper a generalprocedure for handling such problems for any strainenergy functionis proposed. This procedure is used to confirm some of the resultsby Murphy as well as to deduce new solutions. One solution obtainedby that author for cylindrical inflation is found to be incorrect.     

Existence of finite energy weak solutions for the equations MHD of compressible fluids

This article concerns the existence of global weak solutions for a compressible Magnetohydrodynamic model. We assume the viscosity and the resistivity to be constant and we prove that Feireisl and Lions's strategies dedicated to the usual barotropic compressible flows may be extended to our system. The only difficulty to be taken into account is the magnetic field dependency. The case with density-dependent viscosity and resistivity coefficients will be treated in a forthcoming paper following Bresch and Desjardins's strategy.     

On a class of solutions in plane finite elasticity

Zusammenfassung Es werden endliche elastische Deformationen bei ebenen Verzerrungszuständen betrachtet, in welchen die Spannungen nur vom Azimut abhängen. Der allgemeine Charakter der Deformationen wird für inkompressible isotrope Materialien diskutiert; insbesondere werden zwei partikuläre Lösungen aufgestellt, die für alle Formen der Verzerrungsenergie gültig sind. Die Lösungen der ersten Klasse sind die erwarteten homogenen Deformationen, während diejenigen der zweiten Klasse in rotatorischen, von einem einzigen Parameter abhängigen Verformungen bestehen. Es wird die Lösung von Randwertproblemen für die Spannungen bei keilförmigen Gebieten im einzelnen für ein Mooney-Material untersucht und dabei gezeigt, dass gewisse besondere Eigenschaften der infinitesimalen Theorie auch in der nichtlinearen auftreten.

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The results presented in this paper were obtained in the course of research sponsored by the National Science Foundation.     

Iterative schemes for mixed finite element methods with applications to elasticity and compressible flow problems

Summary Iterative schemes for mixed finite element methods are proposed and analyzed in two abstract formulations. The first one has applications to elliptic equations and incompressible fluid flow problems, while the second has applications to linear elasticity and compressible Stokes problems. These schemes are constructed through iteratively penalizing the mixed finite element scheme, of which iterated penalty method and augmented Lagrangian method are special cases. Convergence theorems are demonstrated in abstract formulations in Hilbert spaces, and applications to individual physical problems are considered as examples. Theoretical analysis and computational experiments both show that the proposed schemes have very fast convergence; a few iterations are normally enough to reduce the iterative error to a prescribed precision. Numerical examples with continuous and discontinuous coefficients are presented.     

Partial solutions of finite elasticity — Plane deformations

For plane deformations of isotropic incompressible elastic materials new reduced forms of the equilibrium equations are given. From these equations new exact solutions are deduced for the Mooney material. These solutions are shown to be possible approximate solutions to a number of mixed boundary value problems of finite elasticity.

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Zusammenfassung Neue reduzierte Formen von Gleichgewichtsgleichungen für ebene Deformationen von isotropischen, unzusammendrück baren, elastischen Materialien werden gezeigt. Von diesen Gleichungen werden neue, exakte Lösungen für das Mooney-Material abgeleitet. Diese Lösungen erweisen sich als mögliche ungefähre Lösungen für eine Anzahl von gemischten Grenzwertproblemen von begrenzter Elastizität.

     

Implications of Shield’s inverse deformation theorem for compressible finite elasticity

Some properties of the Shield transformation on elastic strain energy functions are established. It is reflexive, it preserves objectivity and material symmetry for isotropic materials, and it also preserves infinitesimal strain response, ellipticity and Hadamard stability, and the Baker–Ericksen condition. Two new classes of strain energies for compressible isotropic materials are introduced, one of them being the image under the Shield transformation of the class of harmonic strain energies. In view of Shield’s Inverse Deformation Theorem, these new classes of strain energies will allow solution in closed form of a variety of problems in finite elastostatics. Received: January 30, 2002     

Implications of Shield’s inverse deformation theorem for compressible finite elasticity

Some properties of the Shield transformation on elastic strain energy functions are established. It is reflexive, it preserves objectivity and material symmetry for isotropic materials, and it also preserves infinitesimal strain response, ellipticity and Hadamard stability, and the Baker–Ericksen condition. Two new classes of strain energies for compressible isotropic materials are introduced, one of them being the image under the Shield transformation of the class of harmonic strain energies. In view of Shield’s Inverse Deformation Theorem, these new classes of strain energies will allow solution in closed form of a variety of problems in finite elastostatics.     

Estimates for deviations from exact solutions to plane problems in the cosserat theory of elasticity

A functional a posteriori estimate is obtained for control of the accuracy of approximate solutions to plane problems arising in the Cosserat theory of elasticity. We deal with the case where displacements and independent rotation are given on the boundary of the domain, a continuous medium is isotropic, and there is a linear dependence between stresses and strains. The proposed method is based on the duality theory of Calculus of Variations and can be also applied to the case of anisotropic media.     

Minimizing rational functions by exact Jacobian SDP relaxation applicable to finite singularities

This paper considers the optimization problem of minimizing a rational function. We reformulate this problem as a polynomial optimization problem by the technique of homogenization. These two problems are shown to be equivalent under some generic conditions. The exact Jacobian SDP relaxation method proposed by Nie is used to solve the resulting polynomial optimization problem. We also prove that the assumption of nonsingularity in Nie’s method can be weakened to the finiteness of singularities. Some numerical examples are given in the end.     

Symmetry analysis and some exact solutions of cylindrically symmetric null fields in general relativity

The symmetry reduction method based on the Fréchet derivative of the differential operators is applied to investigate symmetries of the Field equations in general relativity corresponding to cylindrically symmetric space–time, that is a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations of second order. More specifically, this technique yields invariant transformation that reduce the given system of partial differential equations to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Some of the reduced systems are further studied for exact solutions.     

应用拓展双曲函数方法求KP方程的新精确解

本文引入行波解,并应用拓展双曲函数方法,求得（2＋1）维Kadomtsev-Petviashvili（KP）方程的精确解.通过应用拓展双曲函数方法,可以得到关于方程的一类有理函数形式的孤立波,行波以及三角函数周期波的精确解,并且此方法适用于求解一大类非线性偏微分进化方程.     

The extended hyperbolic functions method and new exact solutions to the Zakharov equations

The multiple exact solutions for the nonlinear evolution equations describing the interaction of laser–plasma are developed. The extended hyperbolic function method are employed to reveal these new solutions. The solutions include that of the solitary wave solutions of bell-type for n and E, the solitary wave solutions of kink-type for E and bell-type for n, the solitary wave solutions of a compound of the bell-type and the kink-type for n and E, the singular traveling wave solutions, periodic traveling wave solutions of triangle function types, and solitary wave solutions of rational function types. In addition to re-deriving all known solutions in a systematic way, several new and more general solutions can be obtained by using our method.     

One-sided exact boundary null controllability of entropy solutions to a class of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

In this paper, the one-sided exact boundary null controllability of entropy solutions is studied for a class of general strictly hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, whose negative (or positive) characteristic families are all linearly degenerate. The authors first prove the well-posedness of semi-global solutions constructed as the limit of ε-approximate front tracking solutions to the mixed initial-boundary value problem with general nonlinear boundary conditions and they establish various properties of both the ε-approximate front tracking solutions and such solutions. By means of essential modifications of the strategy suggested by the first author in [17] originally for the local exact boundary controllability in the framework of classical solutions, the one-sided local exact boundary null controllability of entropy solutions can then be realized via boundary controls acting on one side of the boundary, where the incoming characteristics are all linearly degenerate.     

Distribution functions of binary solutions (exact analytic solution)

We show that the general solution of the Ornstein-Zernike system of equations for multicomponent solutions has the form h_αβ=∑A _αβ ^j exp(-λ_jr)/r, where λ_j are the roots of the transcendental equation 1-ρΔ(λ_j)=0 and the amplitudes A_αβ ^j can be calculated if the direct correlation functions are given. We investigate the properties of this solution including the behavior of the roots A _αβ ^j and amplitudes A_αβ ^j in both the low-density limit and the vicinity of the critical point. Several relations on A_αβ ^j and C_αβ are found. In the vicinity of the critical point, we find the state equation for a liquid, which confirms the Van der Waals similarity hypothesis. The expansion under consideration is asymptotic because we expand functions in series in eigenfunctions of the asymptotic Ornstein-Zernike equation valid at r→∞. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp. 500–515, June, 2000.     

Smooth exact penalty functions II: a reduction to standard exact penalty functions

A new class of smooth exact penalty functions was recently introduced by Huyer and Neumaier. In this paper, we prove that the new smooth penalty function for a constrained optimization problem is exact if and only if the standard nonsmooth penalty function for this problem is exact. We also provide some estimates of the exact penalty parameter of the smooth penalty function, and, in particular, show that it asymptotically behaves as the square of the exact penalty parameter of the standard \(\ell _1\) penalty function. We briefly discuss a simple way to reduce the exact penalty parameter of the smooth penalty function, and study the effect of nonlinear terms on the exactness of this function.     

A weak approach to finite elasticity

On the ground of four axioms we define thekinematics of perfectly elastic bodies and in particular the notion ofweak deformations of a perfectly elastic body. Weak deformations turn out to agree withweak diffeomorphisms introduced in [10], a class of rectifiable currents which enjoys good closure and compactness properties. Defining thedynamics of perfectly elastic bodies in terms of twoconstitutive conditions on the stored energy function, we can therefore prove existence of stable equilibrium weak deformations for mixed boundary value problems, which moreover satisfy equilibrium and conservation equations.This work has been partially supported by the Ministero dell'Universitá e della Ricerca Scientifica, by C.N.R. contract n. 91.01343.CT01, by the European Research Project GADGET, and by Grant n.11957 of the zech Acad. of Sciences.This article was processed by the author using the LaT_EX style filepljour1 from Springer-Verlag.