Double shocks for a hydrodynamic model of semiconductors

This paper is devoted to the study of a hydrodynamic model of drift diffusion equations. We establish the existence of a kind of discontinuous solution which consists of two multidimensional shocks. Since the system is a hyperbolic elliptic coupled one, the proof is different from that of double shocks from conservation laws in [11].      

Water waves over a rough bottom in the shallow water regime

This is a study of the Euler equations for free surface water waves in the case of varying bathymetry, considering the problem in the shallow water scaling regime. In the case of rapidly varying periodic bottom boundaries this is a problem of homogenization theory. In this setting we derive a new model system of equations, consisting of the classical shallow water equations coupled with nonlocal evolution equations for a periodic corrector term. We also exhibit a new resonance phenomenon between surface waves and a periodic bottom. This resonance, which gives rise to secular growth of surface wave patterns, can be viewed as a nonlinear generalization of the classical Bragg resonance. We justify the derivation of our model with a rigorous mathematical analysis of the scaling limit and the resulting error terms. The principal issue is that the shallow water limit and the homogenization process must be performed simultaneously. Our model equations and the error analysis are valid for both the two- and the three-dimensional physical problems.     

Hydrodynamic limits for kinetic equations and the diffusive approximation of radiative transport for acoustic waves

We consider a class of kinetic equations, equipped with a single conservation law, which generate -contractions. We discuss the hydrodynamic limit to a scalar conservation law and the diffusive limit to a (possibly) degenerate parabolic equation. The limits are obtained in the ``dissipative' sense, equivalent to the notion of entropy solutions for conservation laws, which permits the use of the perturbed test function method and allows for simple proofs. A general compactness framework is obtained for the diffusive scaling in . The radiative transport equations, satisfied by the Wigner function for random acoustic waves, present such a kinetic model that is endowed with conservation of energy. The general theory is used to validate the diffusive approximation of the radiative transport equation.

     

Seebeck Effect in Silicon Semiconductors

An extended hydrodynamic model will be used for the coupled system of electrons and phonons. This system is formed by a set of balance equations derived from the Bloch-Boltzmann-Peierls (BBP) kinetic equations applying the moment method and solving the problem of the closure by means of the Maximum Entropy Principle of Extended Thermodynamics. By using this model with a suitable limit, thermoelectric effects in bulk silicon are investigated.     

Zero relaxation and dissipation limits for hyperbolic conservation laws

We are interested in hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with relaxation and dissipation, particularly the zero relaxation limit. Such a limit is of interest in several physical situations, including gas flow near thermo-equilibrium, kinetic theory with small mean free path, and viscoelasticity with vanishing memory. In this article we study hyperbolic systems of two conservation laws with relaxation. For the stable case where the equilibrium speed is subcharacteristic with respect to the frozen speeds, we illustrate for a model in viscoelasticity that no oscillation develops for the nonlinear system in the zero relaxation limit. For the marginally stable case where the equilibrium speed may equal one of the frozen speeds, we show for a model in phase transitions that no oscillation arises when the dissipation is present and goes to zero more slowly than the relaxation. Our analysis includes the construction of suitable entropy pairs to derive energy estimates. We need such energy estimates not only for the compactness properties but also for the deviation from the equilibrium of the solutions for the relaxation systems. The theory of compensated compactness is then applied to study the oscillation in the zero relaxation limit. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

重建极性连续统理论的基本定律和原理(Ⅶ)——增率型

目的是建立微极连续统增率型的较为完整的运动方程,边界条件和能率方程.为此,先给出较为完整的变形梯度及其逆的定义.接着推导出各种应力率和偶应力率间的新关系式.最后,作为一种特殊情形得到连续统力学的耦合的增率型运动方程、边界条件和能率方程.     

Multi‐dimensional conservation laws and integrable systems

In this paper, we introduce a new property of two‐dimensional integrable hydrodynamic chains—existence of infinitely many local three‐dimensional conservation laws for pairs of integrable two‐dimensional commuting flows. Infinitely many local three‐dimensional conservation laws for the Benney commuting hydrodynamic chains are constructed. As a by‐product, we established a new method for computation of local conservation laws for three‐dimensional integrable systems. The Mikhalëv equation and the dispersionless limit of the Kadomtsev‐Petviashvili equation are investigated. All known local and infinitely many new quasilocal three‐dimensional conservation laws are presented. Also four‐dimensional conservation laws are considered for couples of three‐dimensional integrable quasilinear systems and for triplets of corresponding hydrodynamic chains.     

重建极性连续统理论的基本定律和原理(Ⅵ)——质量和惯性守恒定律

重建极性连续统理论的耦合型质量和惯性的守恒定律和局部守恒方程以及跳变条件.为此推导出新的变形梯度、线元、面元和体元的物质导数,并给出广义Reynolds输运定理.把这些结果和作者以前推导出的耦合型动量、动量矩和能量的基本定律和有关原理结合在一起就大体上构成极性连续统理论相当完整的耦合型基本定律、局部守恒和均衡方程及原理体系.从此体系可以根据常用的局部化方法给出耦合型的非局部质量和惯性守恒方程以及动量、动量矩和能量均衡方程.     

Adiabatic Limit for Hyperbolic Ginzburg–Landau Equations

We study the adiabatic limit in hyperbolic Ginzburg–Landau equations which are Euler–Lagrange equations for the Abelian Higgs model. Solutions of Ginzburg–Landau equations in this limit converge to geodesics on the moduli space of static solutions in the metric determined by the kinetic energy of the system. According to heuristic adiabatic principle, every solution of Ginzburg–Landau equations with sufficiently small kinetic energy can be obtained as a perturbation of some geodesic. A rigorous proof of this result was proposed recently by Palvelev.     

Du modèle BGK de l'équation de Boltzmann aux équations d'Euler des fluides incompressibles

Dissipative solutions [12] of the Euler equations of incompressible fluids are obtained as the hydrodynamic limit of a properly scaled BGK equation. This stability result comes from refined entropy and entropy dissipation bounds. It uses in a crucial way the local conservation laws which are known to hold for weak solutions of this simplified model of the Boltzmann equation.     

Evolution systems with constraints in the form of zero-divergence conditions

We study evolution systems of partial differential equations in the presence of consistent constraints having the form of a system of continuity equations. We show that in addition to possible conservation laws of the standard degree equal to the number of spatial variables, each such system has conservation laws whose degree is one less than this number. We begin by completely describing the conservation laws and symmetries of the system of continuity equations. As an example, we calculate the second-degree conservation laws for the classical system of Maxwell’s equations (the number of spatial variables is three here).     

Double Degeneracy in Multiphase Modulation and the Emergence of the Boussinesq Equation

In recent years, a connection between conservation law singularity, or more generally zero characteristics arising within the linear Whitham equations, and the emergence of reduced nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) from systems generated by a Lagrangian density has been made in conservative systems. Remarkably, the conservation laws form part of the reduced nonlinear system. Within this paper, the case of double degeneracy is investigated in multiphase wavetrains, characterized by a double zero characteristic of the linearized Whitham system, with the resulting modulation of relative equilibrium (which are a generalization of the modulation of wavetrains) leading to a vector two‐way Boussinesq equation. The derived PDE adheres to the previous results (such as [1]) in the sense that all but one of its coefficients is related to the conservation laws along the relative equilibrium solution, which are then projected to form a corresponding scalar system. The theory is applied to two examples to highlight how both the criticality can be assessed and the two‐way Boussinesq equation's coefficients are obtained. The first is the coupled Nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) system and is the first time the two‐way Boussinesq equation has been shown to arise in such a context, and the second is a stratified shallow water model which validates the theory against existing results.     

Weak solutions for equations defined by accretive operators II: relaxation limits

In the first part of this paper we define solutions for certain nonlinear equations defined by accretive operators, “dissipative solution”. This kind of solution is equivalent to the viscosity solutions for Hamilton-Jacobi equations and to the entropy solutions for conservation laws.In this paper we use dissipative solutions to obtain several relaxation limits for systems of semilinear transport equations and quasilinear conservation laws. These converge to diffusion second-order equations and in one case to a single conservation law. The relaxation limit is obtained using a version of the perturbed test function method to pass to the limit. This guarantees existence for the considered equations.     

Upwind finite volume schemes for weakly coupled hyperbolic systems of conservation laws in 2D

Summary. Systems of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws in two space dimensions are considered which are characterized by the fact that the coupling of the equations is only due to source terms. To solve these weakly coupled systems numerically a class of explicit and implicit upwind finite volume methods on unstructured grids is presented. Provided an unique entropy solution of the system of conservation laws exists we prove that the approximations obtained by these schemes converge for vanishing discretization parameter to this entropy solution. These results are applied to examples from combustion theory and hydrology where the existence of entropy solutions can be shown. The proofs rely on an extension of a result due to DiPerna concerning measure valued solutions to the case of weakly coupled hyperbolic systems. Received April 29, 1997     

重建极性连续统理论的基本定律和原理(Ⅱ)——微态连续统理论和偶应力理论

重建微态连续统理论和偶应力理论的动量和动量矩均衡定律以及能量守恒定律,并由这些定律自然地推导出相应的局部和非局部均衡方程。这些结果可由耦合型微极连续统理论过渡和归结而得到。把推导出的结果和传统的质量和微惯性守恒定律以及熵不等式结合在一起就构成微态连续统理论和偶应力理论的基本均衡定律和方程体系。还弄清了以前的各种连续统理论的不完整性层次。最后,给出了几种特殊情形。     

Conservation laws for some compacton equations using the multiplier approach

This paper is an application of the variational derivative method to the derivation of the conservation laws for partial differential equations. The conservation laws for (1+1) dimensional compacton k(2,2) and compacton k(3,3) equations are studied via multiplier approach. Also the conservation laws for (2+1) dimensional compacton Zk(2,2) equation are established by first computing the multipliers.     

Stationary measures and hydrodynamics of zero range processes with several species of particles

We study general zero range processes with different types of particles on a d-dimensional lattice with periodic boundary conditions. A necessary and sufficient condition on the jump rates for the existence of stationary product measures is established. For translation invariant jump rates we prove the hydrodynamic limit on the Euler scale using Yaus relative entropy method. The limit equation is a system of conservation laws, which is hyperbolic and has a globally convex entropy. We analyze this system in terms of entropy variables. In addition we obtain stationary density profiles for open boundaries.     

Some recent methods for partial differential equations of divergence form

Some recent methods for solving second-order nonlinear partial differential equations of divergence form and related nonlinear problems are surveyed. These methods include entropy methods via the theory of divergence-measure fields for hyperbolic conservation laws, kinetic methods via kinetic formulations for degenerate parabolichyperbolic equations, and free-boundary methods via free-boundary iterations for multidimensional transonic shocks for nonlinear equation of mixed elliptic-hyperbolic type. Some recent trends in this direction are also discussed.Dedicated to IMPA on the occasion of its 50^th anniversary