DYNAMICS OF RELATIVISTIC FLUID FOR COMPRESSIBLE GAS

In this paper the relativistic fluid dynamics for compressible gas is studied.We show that the strict convexity of the negative thermodynamical entropy preserves invariant under the Lorentz transformation if and only if the local speed of sound in this gas is strictly less than that of light in the vacuum.A symmetric form for the equations of relativistic hydrodynamics is presented,and thus the local classical solutions to these equations can be deduced.At last,the non-relativistic limits of these local cla...     

A diffusion equation in transparent media

In this paper we study the homogeneous relativistic heat equation (HRHE) obtained as asymptotic limit of the so-called relativistic heat equation (RHE) when the kinematic viscosity ν → ∞. These equations were introduced in the theory of radiation hydrodynamics to guarantee a bounded speed of propagation of radiating energy. We shall prove that this is indeed true, and we shall construct some explicit solutions of the HRHE exhibiting fronts propagating at light speed.     

Smooth solutions for one‐dimensional relativistic radiation hydrodynamic equations

In this research article, we investigated the existence of local smooth solutions for relativistic radiation hydrodynamic equations in one spatial variable. The proof is based on a classical iteration method and the Banach contraction mapping principle. However, because of the complexity of relativistic radiation hydrodynamics equations, we first rewrite this system into a semilinear form to construct the iteration scheme and then use left eigenvectors to decouple the system instead of applying standard energy method on symmetric hyperbolic systems. Different from multidimensional case, we just use the characteristic method, which can keep the properties of the initial data. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Asymptotic behavior of weak solutions for the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell equations with large light speed

We study here the behavior of time periodic weak solutions for the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell boundary value problem in a three-dimensional bounded domain with strictly star-shaped boundary when the light speed becomes infinite. We prove the convergence toward a time periodic weak solution for the classical Vlasov-Poisson equations.     

On the entropy conditions for some flux limited diffusion equations

In this paper we give a characterization of the notion of entropy solutions of some flux limited diffusion equations for which we can prove that the solution is a function of bounded variation in space and time. This includes the case of the so-called relativistic heat equation and some generalizations. For them we prove that the jump set consists of fronts that propagate at the speed given by Rankine-Hugoniot condition and we give on it a geometric characterization of the entropy conditions. Since entropy solutions are functions of bounded variation in space once the initial condition is, to complete the program we study the time regularity of solutions of the relativistic heat equation under some conditions on the initial datum. An analogous result holds for some other related equations without additional assumptions on the initial condition.     

On the one- and one-half-dimensional relativistic Vlasov-Fokker-Planck-Maxwell system

In this paper, we study the relativistic Vlasov-Fokker-Planck-Maxwell system in one space variable and two momentum variables. This non-linear system of equations consists of a transport equation for the phase space distribution function combined with Maxwell's equations for the electric and magnetic fields. It is important in modelling distribution of charged particles in the kinetic theory of plasma. We prove the existence of a classical solution when the initial density decays fast enough with respect to the momentum variables. The solution which shares this same decay condition along with its first derivatives in the momentum variables is unique.     

Local well-posedness to the cauchy problem of the 3-D compressible navier-stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

In this article, we prove the local existence and uniqueness of the classical solution to the Cauchy problem of the 3-D compressible Navier-Stokes equations with large initial data and vacuum, if the shear viscosity μ is a positive constant and the bulk viscosity λ(ρ) = ρ^β with β ≥ 0. Note that the initial data can be arbitrarily large to contain vacuum states.     

Front propagation for discrete periodic monostable equations

This paper deals with front propagation for discrete periodic monostable equations. We show that there is a minimal wave speed such that a pulsating traveling front solution exists if and only if the wave speed is above this minimal speed. Moreover, in comparing with the continuous case, we prove the convergence of discretized minimal wave speeds to the continuous minimal wave speed.     

ON LOCAL STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL SHOCKS IN RADIATION HYDRODYNAMICS

In this paper, we are concerned with the local structural stability of one-dimensional shock waves in radiation hydrodynamics described by the isentropic Euler-Boltzmann equations. Even though in this radiation hydrodynamics model, the radiative effects can be understood as source terms to the isentropic Euler equations of hydrodynamics, in general the radiation field has singularities propagated in an angular domain issuing from the initial point across which the density is discontinuous. This is the major difficulty in the stability analysis of shocks. Under certain assumptions on the radiation parameters, we show there exists a local weak solution to the initial value problem of the one dimensional Euler-Boltzmann equations, in which the radiation intensity is continuous, while the density and velocity are piecewise Lipschitz continuous with a strong discontinuity representing the shock-front. The existence of such a solution indicates that shock waves are structurally stable, at least local in time, in radiation hydrodynamics.     

Classical solutions to relativistic Burgers equations in FLRW space-times

We are interested in the classical solutions to the Cauchy problem of relativistic Burgers equations evolving in Friedmann-Lemat?tre-Robertson-Walker(FLRW)space-times,which are spatially homogeneous,isotropic expanding or contracting universes.In such kind of space-times,we first derive the relativistic Burgers equations from the relativistic Euler equations by letting the pressure be zero.Then we can show the global existence of the classical solution to the derived equation in the accelerated expanding space-times with small initial data by the method of characteristics when the spacial dimension n=1 and the energy estimate when n 2,respectively.Furthermore,we can also show the lifespan of the classical solution by similar methods when the expansion rate of the space-times is not so fast.     

Formation of singularities in solutions to the compressible radiation hydrodynamics equations with vacuum

We study the Cauchy problem for multi-dimensional compressible radiation hydrodynamics equations with vacuum. First, we present some sufficient conditions on the blow-up of smooth solutions in multi-dimensional space. Then, we obtain the invariance of the support of density for the smooth solutions with compactly supported initial mass density by the property of the system under the vacuum state. Based on the above-mentioned results, we prove that we cannot get a global classical solution, no matter how small the initial data are, as long as the initial mass density is of compact support. Finally, we will see that some of the results that we obtained are still valid for the isentropic flows with degenerate viscosity coefficients as well as for one-dimensional case.     

Global weak solutions of Vlasov-Maxwell systems

We study here the Vlasov-Maxwell system in its classical and relativistic form. We prove the stability of solutions in weak topologies and deduce from this stability result the global existence of a weak solution with large initial data. The main tools consist of a new regularity result for velocity averages of solutions of some general linear transport equations and the method of renormalization introduced by the authors in previous work.     

Some uniform estimates and blowup behavior of global strong solutions to the Stokes approximation equations for two-dimensional compressible flows

This paper concerns the global existence and the large time behavior of strong and classical solutions to the two-dimensional (2D) Stokes approximation equations for the compressible flows. We consider the unique global strong solution or classical solution to the 2D Stokes approximation equations for the compressible flows together with the space-periodicity boundary condition or the no-stick boundary condition or Cauchy problem for arbitrarily large initial data. First, we prove that the density is bounded from above independent of time in all these cases. Secondly, we show that for the space-periodicity boundary condition or the no-stick boundary condition, if the initial density contains vacuum at least at one point, then the global strong (or classical) solution must blow up as time goes to infinity.     

Well-posedness of the IBVP for 2-D Euler equations with damping

In this paper we focus on the initial-boundary value problem of the 2-D isentropic Euler equations with damping. We prove the global-in-time existence of classical solution to the initial-boundary value problem for small smooth initial data by the method of local existence of solution combined with a priori energy estimates, where the appropriate boundary condition plays an important role.     

A commuting-vector-field approach to some dispersive estimates

We prove the pointwise decay of solutions to three linear equations: (1) the transport equation in phase space generalizing the classical Vlasov equation, (2) the linear Schrödinger equation, (3) the Airy (linear KdV) equation. The usual proofs use explicit representation formulae, and either obtain \(L^1\)—\(L^\infty \) decay through directly estimating the fundamental solution in physical space or by studying oscillatory integrals coming from the representation in Fourier space. Our proof instead combines “vector field” commutators that capture the inherent symmetries of the relevant equations with conservation laws for mass and energy to get space–time weighted energy estimates. Combined with a simple version of Sobolev’s inequality this gives pointwise decay as desired. In the case of the Vlasov and Schrödinger equations, we can recover sharp pointwise decay; in the Schrödinger case we also show how to obtain local energy decay as well as Strichartz-type estimates. For the Airy equation we obtain a local energy decay that is almost sharp from the scaling point of view, but nonetheless misses the classical estimates by a gap. This work is inspired by the work of Klainerman on \(L^2\)—\(L^\infty \) decay of wave equations, as well as the recent work of Fajman, Joudioux, and Smulevici on decay of mass distributions for the relativistic Vlasov equation.     

Global solutions to the shallow water system with a method of an additional argument

The classical system of shallow water (Saint–Venant) equations describes long surface waves in an inviscid incompressible fluid of a variable depth. Although shock waves are expected in this quasi-linear hyperbolic system for a wide class of initial data, we find a sufficient condition on the initial data that guarantee existence of a global classical solution continued from a local solution. The sufficient conditions can be easily satisfied for the fluid flow propagating in one direction with two characteristic velocities of the same sign and two monotonically increasing Riemann invariants. We prove that these properties persist in the time evolution of the classical solutions to the shallow water equations and provide no shock wave singularities formed in a finite time over a half-line or an infinite line. On a technical side, we develop a novel method of an additional argument, which allows to obtain local and global solutions to the quasi-linear hyperbolic systems in physical rather than characteristic variables.     

Smoothing effects for classical solutions of the relativistic Landau-Maxwell system

The relativistic Landau-Maxwell system is one of the most fundamental and complete models for describing the dynamics of a dilute hot plasma in which particles interact through Coulomb collisions and their self-consistent electromagnetic field. In this work, we prove that the classical solutions obtained by Strain and Guo become immediately smooth with respect to all variable under the extra assumption of the electromagnetic field. As a by-product, we also prove that the classical solutions to the relativistic Landau-Poisson system and the relativistic Landau equation have the same property without any extra assumption.     

Exact Boundary Controllability on a Tree-Like Network of Nonlinear Planar Timoshenko Beams

This paper concerns a system of equations describing the vibrations of a planar network of nonlinear Timoshenko beams.The authors derive the equations and appropriate nodal conditions,determine equilibrium solutions and,using the methods of quasilinear hyperbolic systems,prove that for tree-like networks the natural initial-boundary value problem admits semi-global classical solutions in the sense of Li [Li,T.T.,Controllability and Observability for Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems,AIMS Ser.Appl.Math.,vol 3,American Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Higher Education Press,2010] existing in a neighborhood of the equilibrium solution.The authors then prove the local exact controllability of such networks near such equilibrium configurations in a certain specified time interval depending on the speed of propagation in the individual beams.     

Analysis of Sharp Superconvergence of Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for One-Dimensional Linear Parabolic Equations

In this paper, we study the superconvergence of the error for the local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) finite element method for one-dimensional linear parabolic equations when the alternating flux is used. We prove that if we apply piecewise $k$-th degree polynomials, the error between the LDG solution and the exact solution is ($k$+2)-th order superconvergent at the Radau points with suitable initial discretization. Moreover, we also prove the LDG solution is ($k$+2)-th order superconvergent for the error to a particular projection of the exact solution. Even though we only consider periodic boundary condition, this boundary condition is not essential, since we do not use Fourier analysis. Our analysis is valid for arbitrary regular meshes and for $P^k$ polynomials with arbitrary $k$ ≥ 1. We perform numerical experiments to demonstrate that the superconvergence rates proved in this paper are sharp.     

Existence theory to the equations in viscoelasticity at finite deformations

In this paper we prove under the assumption of small initial data the global existence of a classical solution to the equations in viscoelasticity, associated with a free damping boundary condition. We also show that if we choose the initial data large enough, blow up will occur in finite time. © 1998 B. G. Teubner Stuttgart–John Wiley & Sons Ltd.