Half-line solutions of a nonlinear heat conduction problem

We solve a half-line problem for a nonlinear diffusion equation with a given time-dependent thermal conductivity at the origin. The problem reduces to a linear Volterra integral equation, which is solvable by Picard’s process of successive approximations. We analyze some explicit examples numerically. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 152, No. 1, pp. 58–65, July, 2007.     

Approximate solutions to one-dimensional nonlinear heat conduction problems with a given flux

One-dimensional (planar, cylindrically symmetric, and spherically symmetric) nonlinear heat conduction problems with the heat flux at the origin specified in the form of a power time dependence are considered. The initial temperature of the medium is assumed to be zero. Approximate solutions to the problems are obtained. The convergence of the resulting solutions is discussed.     

Asymptotic behavior of nonlinear waves in elastic media with dispersion and dissipation

In the case of nonlinear elastic quasitransverse waves in composite media described by nonlinear hyperbolic equations, we study the nonuniqueness problem for solutions of a standard self-similar problem such as the problem of the decay of an arbitrary discontinuity. The system of equations is supplemented with terms describing dissipation and dispersion whose influence is manifested in small-scale processes. We construct solutions numerically and consider self-similar asymptotic approximations of the obtained solution of the equations with the initial data in the form of a “spreading” discontinuity for large times. We find the regularities for realizing various self-similar asymptotic approximations depending on the choice of the initial conditions including the dependence on the form of the functions determining the small-scale smoothing of the original discontinuity. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 147, No. 2, pp. 240–256, May, 2006.     

Spatial behavior for solutions in heat conduction with two delays

In this note, we investigate the spatial behavior of the solutions of the equation proposed to describe a theory for the heat conduction with two delay terms. We obtain an alternative of the Phragmén-Lindelöf type, which means that the solutions either decay or blow-up at infinity, both options in an exponential way. We also describe how to obtain an upper bound for the amplitude term. This is the first contribution on spatial behavior for partial differential equations involving two delay terms. We use energy arguments. The main point of the contribution is the use of an exponentially weighted energy function.     

Dynamic adaptation method in gasdynamic simulations with nonlinear heat conduction

A dynamic adaptation method is applied to gas dynamics problems with nonlinear heat conduction. The adaptation function is determined by the condition that the energy equation is quasi-stationary and the grid point distribution is quasi-uniform. The dynamic adaptation method with the adaptation function thus determined and a front-tracking technique are used to solve the model problem of a piston moving in a heat-conducting gas. It is shown that the results significantly depend on the thermal conductivity chosen. The numerical results obtained on a 40-node grid are compared with self-similar solutions to this problem.     

General exact solutions for linear and nonlinear waves in a Thirring model

In the present paper, we construct exact solutions to a system of partial differential equations iu_x + v + u | v | ² = 0, iv_t + u + v | u | ² = 0 related to the Thirring model. First, we introduce a transform of variables, which puts the governing equations into a more useful form. Because of symmetries inherent in the governing equations, we are able to successively obtain solutions for the phase of each nonlinear wave in terms of the amplitudes of both waves. The exact solutions can be described as belonging to two classes, namely, those that are essentially linear waves and those which are nonlinear waves. The linear wave solutions correspond to waves propagating with constant amplitude, whereas the nonlinear waves evolve in space and time with variable amplitudes. In the traveling wave case, these nonlinear waves can take the form of solitons, or solitary waves, given appropriate initial conditions. Once the general solution method is outlined, we focus on a number of more specific examples in order to show the variety of physical solutions possible. We find that radiation naturally emerges in the solution method: if we assume one of u or v with zero background, the second wave will naturally include both a solitary wave and radiation terms. The solution method is rather elegant and can be applied to related partial differential systems. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Direct and inverse solutions of the two-dimensional hyperbolic heat conduction problems

A sequential method is proposed to estimate boundary condition of the two-dimensional hyperbolic heat conduction problems. An inverse solution is deduced from a finite difference method, the concept of the future time and a modified Newton–Raphson method. The undetermined boundary condition at each time step is denoted as an unknown variable in a set of non-linear equations, which are formulated from the measured temperature and the calculated temperature. Then, an iterative process is used to solve the set of equations. No selected function is needed to represent the undetermined function in advance. The example problem is used to demonstrate the characteristics of the proposed method. In the example, a well-known problem is used to demonstrate the validity of the proposed direct method and then the inverse solutions are evaluated. In the second example, the larger value of the relaxation time is implemented in the direct solutions and the inverse solutions. The close agreement between the exact values and the estimated results is made to confirm the validity and accuracy of the proposed method. The results show that the proposed method is an accurate and stable method to determine the boundary conditions in the two-dimensional inverse hyperbolic heat conduction problems.     

Propagation of TM waves in a Kerr nonlinear layer

TM electromagnetic waves propagating through a nonlinear homogeneous isotropic unmagnetized dielectric layer located between two homogeneous isotropic half-spaces are studied. The nonlinearity in the layer obeys the Kerr law. The problem is reduced to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. A dispersion relation for the propagation constants is derived. The results are compared with those in the case of a linear layer.     

一类二阶非线性阻尼微分方程解的振动性质

研究了一类二阶非线性阻尼微分方程解的振动性质.在一定条件下,建立了四个新的振动性定理,推广和改进了已知的结果.     

Heat transfer in granular materials: effects of nonlinear heat conduction and viscous dissipation

In this paper, we study the heat transfer in a one‐dimensional fully developed flow of granular materials down a heated inclined plane. For the heat flux vector, we use a recently derived constitutive equation that reflects the dependence of the heat flux vector on the temperature gradient, the density gradient, and the velocity gradient in an appropriate frame invariant formulation. We use two different boundary conditions at the inclined surface: a constant temperature boundary condition and an adiabatic condition. A parametric study is performed to examine the effects of the material dimensionless parameters. The derived governing equations are coupled nonlinear second‐order ordinary differential equations, which are solved numerically, and the results are shown for the temperature, volume fraction, and velocity profiles. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Positive solutions of higher-order nonlinear fractional differential systems with nonlocal boundary conditions

The paper deals with the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a system of higher-order nonlinear fractional differential equations with nonlocal boundary conditions. The main tool used in the proof is fixed point index theory in cone. Some limit type conditions for ensuring the existence of positive solutions are given.     

Controllability of a class of heat equations with memory in one dimension

This paper addresses a study of the controllability for a class of heat equations with memory in one spacial dimension. Unlike the classical heat equation, a heat equation with memory in general is not null controllable. There always exists a set of initial values such that the property of the null controllability fails. Also, one does not know whether there are nontrivial initial values, which can be driven to zero with a boundary control. In this paper, we give a characterization of the set of such nontrivial initial values. On the other hand, if a moving control is imposed on this system with memory, we prove the null controllability of it in a suitable state space for any initial value. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一变系数非线性发展方程组的自-BT及其精确解

利用齐次平衡原则,导出了一变系数非线性发展方程组的自-Baecklund变换(自-BT);借助此自-BT和变系数热传导方程的各种精确解用代数的方法获得了方程组的各种精确解。     

Modelling non-Fourier heat conduction with periodic thermal oscillation using the finite integral transform

The non-Fourier heat conduction in a finite medium subjected to a periodic heat flux is modelled using the finite integral transform technique and an analytic solution is obtained. An analogy between thermal oscillation and oscillation of mechanical and electrical systems is drawn. A transition criterion from the non-Fourier heat conduction formulation to the Fourier formulation is obtained and a simple analytical expression of the phase and amplitude of thermal oscillation is derived.     

The finite difference method for the three-dimensional nonlinear coupled system of dynamics of fluids in porous media

For the three-dimensional coupled system of multilayer dynamics of fluids in porous media, the second-order upwind finite difference fractional steps schemes applicable to parallel arithmetic are put forward. Some techniques, such as calculus of variations, energy method, multiplicative commutation rule of difference operators, decomposition of high order difference operators and prior estimates are adopted. Optimal order estimates in l2 norm are derived to determine the error in the second-order approximate solution. These methods have already been applied to the numerical simulation of migration-accumulation of oil resources.     

Third-order nonlinear dispersive equations: Shocks, rarefaction, and blowup waves

Shock waves and blowup arising in third-order nonlinear dispersive equations are studied. The underlying model is the equation in (0.1) $ u_t = (uu_x )_{xx} in\mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}_ + . $ It is shown that two basic Riemann problems for Eq. (0.1) with the initial data $ S_ \mp (x) = \mp \operatorname{sgn} x $ exhibit a shock wave (u(x, t) ≡ S _?(x)) and a smooth rarefaction wave (for S ₊), respectively. Various blowing-up and global similarity solutions to Eq. (0.1) are constructed that demonstrate the fine structure of shock and rarefaction waves. A technique based on eigenfunctions and the nonlinear capacity is developed to prove the blowup of solutions. The analysis of Eq. (0.1) resembles the entropy theory of scalar conservation laws of the form u _t + uu _x = 0, which was developed by O.A. Oleinik and S.N. Kruzhkov (for equations in x ? ? ^N ) in the 1950s–1960s.     

Determination of material functions through second sound measurements in a hyperbolic heat conduction theory

In a previous paper [1], numerical solutions to initial-boundary value problems for a semi-empirical model of heat conduction were compared with available experimental results.

In the present paper, we modify the model by introducing more realistic approximations of constitutive functions, based on measured heat conductivities and second sound speeds for NaF at low temperatures (10…20° K). We achieve good accordance between measured second sound pulses and numerical solutions in the temperature range covered by experiments, and reasonable behaviour even beyond this interval. Especially, a passage to the diffusive regime of the classical Fourier law is possible.     

Asymptotic behavior of a semilinear problem in heat conduction with memory

This paper is devoted to existence, uniqueness and asymptotic behavior, as time tends to infinity, of the solutions of an integro-partial differential equation arising from the theory of heat conduction with memory, in presence of a temperature-dependent heat supply. A linearized heat flux law involving positive instantaneous conductivity is matched with the energy balance, to generate an autonomous semilinear system subject to initial history and Dirichlet boundary conditions. Existence and uniqueness of solution is provided. Moreover, under proper assumptions on the heat flux memory kernel, the existence of absorbing sets in suitable function spaces is achieved. Received March 23, 1997 - Revised version received November 12, 1997