Slip MHD viscous flow over a stretching sheet – An exact solution

In this paper, the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow under slip condition over a permeable stretching surface is solved analytically. The solution is given in a closed form equation and is an exact solution of the full governing Navier–Stokes equations. The effects of the slip, the magnetic, and the mass transfer parameters are discussed. Results show that there is only one physical solution for any combination of the slip, the magnetic, and the mass transfer parameters. The velocity and shear stress profiles are greatly influenced by these parameters.     

The modified decomposition method and Padé approximants for the MHD flow over a non-linear stretching sheet

In this work, the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow is investigated by employing the modified Adomian decomposition method and the Padé approximation. The series solution of the governing non-linear problem is developed. Comparison of the present solution is made with the existing solution and excellent agreement is noted.     

On a generalized Camassa–Holm equation with the flow generated by velocity and its gradient

In this paper, we consider a generalized Camassa–Holm equation with the flow generated by the vector field and its gradient. We first establish the local well-posedness of equation in the sense of Hadamard in both critical Besov spaces and supercritical Besov spaces. Then we gain a blow-up criterion. Under a sign condition we reach the sign-preserved property and a precise blow-up criterion. Applying this precise criterion we finally present two blow-up results and the precise blow-up rate for strong solutions to equation.     

On the Riemann–Hilbert Problem in the Domain with a Nonsmooth Boundary

The following Riemann–Hilbert problem is solved: find an analytical function <> from the Smirnov class E ^p(D), whose angular boundary values satisfy the condition The boundary of the domain D is assumed to be a piecewise smooth curve whose nonintersecting Lyapunov arcs form, with respect to D, the inner angles with values , 0 < 2.     

On a linearized problem arising in the Navier–Stokes flow of a free liquid jet

In this work, we analyze a Stokes problem arising in the study of the Navier–Stokes flow of a liquid jet. The analysis is accomplished by showing that the relevant Stokes operator accounting for a free surface gives rise to a sectorial operator which generates an analytic semigroup of contractions. Estimates on solutions are established using Fourier methods. The result presented is the key ingredient in a local existence and uniqueness proof for solutions of the full nonlinear problem.     

On a problem for the Navier–Stokes equations with the infinite Dirichlet integral

We study existence of global in time solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in a two dimensional domain with an unbounded boundary. The problem is considered with slip boundary conditions involving nonzero friction. The main result shows a new L-bound on the vorticity. A key element of the proof is the maximum principle for a reformulation of the problem. Under some restrictions on the curvature of the boundary and the friction the result for large data (including flux) with the infinite Dirichlet integral is obtained.Received: October 31, 2002; revised: September 17, 2003     

On the accuracy of two-fluid model predictions for a particular gas–solid riser flow

Literature presents a huge number of different simulations of gas–solid flows in risers applying two-fluid modeling. In spite of that, the related quantitative accuracy issue remains mostly untouched. This state of affairs seems to be mainly a consequence of modeling shortcomings, notably regarding the lack of realistic closures. In this article predictions from a two-fluid model are compared to other published two-fluid model predictions applying the same closures, and to experimental data. A particular matter of concern is whether the predictions are generated or not inside the statistical steady state regime that characterizes the riser flows. The present simulation was performed inside the statistical steady state regime. Time-averaged results are presented for different time-averaging intervals of 5, 10, 15 and 20 s inside the statistical steady state regime. The independence of the averaged results regarding the time-averaging interval is addressed and the results averaged over the intervals of 10 and 20 s are compared to both experiment and other two-fluid predictions. It is concluded that the two-fluid model used is still very crude, and cannot provide quantitative accurate results, at least for the particular case that was considered.     

On a problem for the Navier–Stokes equations with the infinite Dirichlet integral

We study existence of global in time solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in a two dimensional domain with an unbounded boundary. The problem is considered with slip boundary conditions involving nonzero friction. The main result shows a new L-bound on the vorticity. A key element of the proof is the maximum principle for a reformulation of the problem. Under some restrictions on the curvature of the boundary and the friction the result for large data (including flux) with the infinite Dirichlet integral is obtained.     

Comment on “Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear differential equation arising in viscous flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet”

The article named above appeared recently in Applied Mathematics Letters and investigated a boundary value problem governing viscous flow over a nonlinearly stretching sheet. The authors of the work assert existence and (under certain restrictions) uniqueness of a solution to the problem for all relevant values of the parameter governing the stretching rate of the sheet. Unfortunately, several proofs presented in the article are incorrect. We will prove that for a range of parameter space the solution to the BVP is not unique. For these parameter values there are infinitely many solutions to the problem. The same incorrect analysis is reproduced in several other papers (see the references). Some of the claims of these papers are contradicted by established results on, for example, the Falkner–Skan problem.     

On a ogawa–type integral with application to the fractional brownian motion

We construct a deterministic Ogawa–type integral with respect to a continuous function that, in particular, can be a trajectory of the Fractional Brownian motion. This integral is related with the Stratonovich integral and with the integrals introduced by Ciesielski et altri and Zähle. We give a sufficient condition for the integrability of a function in this sense, that does not imply its continuity. Under this sufficient condition, we obtain a Besov regularity property of the indefinite integral. We also study the stochastic Ogawa integral for stochastic processes when integrate with respect to the Fractional Brownian motion of Hurst parameter H ∈ (1/2, 1)     

On matrices with the Edmonds–Johnson property

We survey the main results of the PhD Thesis presented by the author in January 2009 at the University of Padova. This work was supervised by Giacomo Zambelli. The thesis is written in English and is available from the author upon request. In this work we consider the Edmonds–Johnson property and we survey some related results. Next we present our contributions, that consist into two classes of matrices with the Edmonds–Johnson property. Our work generalizes previous results by Edmonds and Johnson (Math Program 5:88–124, 1973), and by Conforti et al. (in Integer programming and combinatorial optimization, proceedings of IPCO 2007). Both our results are special cases of a conjecture introduced by Gerards and Schrijver.     

On the Oseen–Brinkman flow around an $$$$-dimensional solid obstacle

The purpose of this paper is to develop a layer potential analysis in order to show the well-posedness result of a transmission problem for the Oseen and Brinkman systems in open sets in \({\mathbb R}^m\) (\(m\in \{2,3\}\)) with compact Lipschitz boundaries and around a lower dimensional solid obstacle, when the boundary data belong to some \(L^q\)-spaces. If \(m=3\) or if the Brinkman system is given on bounded open set then there exists a solution of the transmission problem for arbitrary data. If \(m=2\) and the Brinkman system is given on exterior open set then necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution of the transmission problem are stated. A solution of the transmission problem is not unique. All solutions of the problem are found.     

On a phase field model of Cahn–Hilliard type for tumour growth with mechanical effects

Mechanical effects have mostly been neglected so far in phase field tumour models that are based on a Cahn–Hilliard approach. In this paper we study a macroscopic mechanical model for tumour growth in which cell–cell adhesion effects are taken into account with the help of a Ginzburg–Landau type energy. In the overall model an equation of Cahn–Hilliard type is coupled to the system of linear elasticity and a reaction–diffusion equation for a nutrient concentration. The highly non-linear coupling between a fourth-order Cahn–Hilliard equation and the quasi-static elasticity system lead to new challenges which cannot be dealt within a gradient flow setting which was the method of choice for other elastic Cahn–Hilliard systems. We show existence, uniqueness and regularity results. In addition, several continuous dependence results with respect to different topologies are shown. Some of these results give uniqueness for weak solutions and other results will be helpful for optimal control problems.