On the fall of a heavy rigid body in an ideal fluid

We consider a problem about the motion of a heavy rigid body in an unbounded volume of an ideal irrotational incompressible fluid. This problem generalizes a classical Kirchhoff problem describing the inertial motion of a rigid body in a fluid. We study different special statements of the problem: the plane motion and the motion of an axially symmetric body. In the general case of motion of a rigid body, we study the stability of partial solutions and point out limiting behaviors of the motion when the time increases infinitely. Using numerical computations on the plane of initial conditions, we construct domains corresponding to different types of the asymptotic behavior. We establish the fractal nature of the boundary separating these domains.     

Solvability of problems with degeneration: Imbibition of fluid in a porous medium

For a degenerate system of equations such as the equations of motion of immiscible fluids in porous media, we study the solvability of an initial–boundary value problem. Using the process of capillary imbibition of a wetting fluid as an example, we study a class of self-similar solutions with degeneration on the movable boundary and on the entry into the porous layer. The considered problem can be reduced to the analysis of properties of a nonlinear operator equation. For the classical solution of the original problem, we prove existence and uniqueness theorems.     

Forward speed motions of a submerged body. The cauchy problem

We consider the linearized problem for the ideal fluid flow induced by the horizontal motion of a fully immersed body. The system of equations is made up of an elliptic problem (P) and an initialvalue problem (R) which are coupled by a pseudo-differential operator T. We define a regularized Cauchy problem (R?) using the Yosida approximation of T; we give energy and wave resistance estimates and finally we obtain existence uniqueness and regularity of the weak solution of (R) by taking the limit when ? goes to zero.     

Third-order partial differential equations arising in the impulsive motion of a flat plate

We obtain numerical solutions to a class of third-order partial differential equations arising in the impulsive motion of a flat plate for various boundary data. In particular, we study the case of constant acceleration of the plate, the case of oscillation of the plate, and a case in which velocity is increasing yet acceleration is decreasing. We compare the numerical solutions with the known exact solutions in order to establish the validity of the method. Several figures illustrating both solution forms and the relative strength of the second and third-order terms are presented. The results obtained in this study reveal many interesting behaviors that warrant further study on the non-Newtonian fluid flow phenomena.     

The mechanics of a powder-drive water jet

We consider the processes in a powder-drive pulse water jet in which the acceleration of the water shell occurs as the result of the energy from burning powder. The one-dimensional motion of the fluid is described in the nonstationary formulation, while the combustion of the powder is described in a quasistationary formulation. The barriers are assumed rigid. In a numerical solution that is presented we use the method of complete computation. For a specific structure of the cannon we give the results of numerical computations. We discuss a simplified approach for estimating the parameters of the apparatus. Four figures. Bibliography: 5 titles. Translated fromTeoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 26, 1996, pp. 124–128.     

Properties of the solution of the adjoint problem describing the motion of viscous fluids in a tube

For the Navier-Stokes equations, we study a solution invariant with respect to a oneparameter group and modeling a nonstationary motion of two viscous fluids in a cylindrical tube; the fluid layer near the tube wall can be viewed as a lubricant. The motion is due to a nonstationary pressure drop. We obtain a priori estimates for the velocities in the layers. We find a stationary state of the system and show that it is the limit state as t → ∞ provided that the pressure gradient in one of the fluids stabilizes with time. We solve the inverse problem of finding the pressure gradients and the velocity field from a known flow rate.     

Solvability of the boundary-value problem for equations of one-dimensional motion of a two-phase mixture

For the system of equations of one-dimensional nonstationary motion of a heat-conducting two-phase mixture (of gas and solid particles), the local solvability of the initial boundary value problem is proved. For the case in which the intrinsic densities of the phases are constant and the viscosity and the acceleration of the second phase are small, we establish the “global” (with respect to time) solvability and the convergence (as time increases unboundedly) of the solution of the nonstationary problem to the solution of the stationary one.     

Perturbation analysis of a modified second grade fluid over a porous plate

A modified second grade non-Newtonian fluid model is considered. The model is a combination of power-law and second grade fluids in which the fluid may exhibit normal stresses, shear thinning or shear thickening behaviors. The flow of this fluid is considered over a porous plate. Equations of motion in dimensionless form are derived. When the power-law effects are small compared to second grade effects, a regular perturbation problem arises which is solved. The validity criterion for the solution is derived. When second grade effects are small compared to power-law effects, or when both effects are small, the problem becomes a boundary layer problem for which the solutions are also obtained. Perturbation solutions are contrasted with the numerical solutions. For the regular perturbation problem of small power-law effects, an excellent match is observed between the solutions if the validity criterion is met. For the boundary layer solution of vanishing second grade effects however, the agreement with the numerical data is not good. When both effects are considered small, the boundary layer solution leads to the same solution given in the case of a regular perturbation problem.     

Optimal feedback control in the stationary mathematical model of low concentrated aqueous polymer solutions

In this article we will consider the feedback control problem in the stationary model of motion of low concentrated aqueous polymer solutions. We demonstrate the solvability of an approximating problem, using some a priori estimates and the topological degree theory. Then the convergence (in some generalized sense) of solutions of approximating problems to a solution of the given problem is proved. Moreover, we show the existence of a solution minimizing a given convex, lower semicontinuous functional.     

Global wellposedness of the 3-D full water wave problem

We consider the problem of global in time existence and uniqueness of solutions of the 3-D infinite depth full water wave problem, in the setting that the interface tends to the horizontal plane, the velocity and acceleration on the interface tend to zero at spatial infinity. We show that the nature of the nonlinearity of the water wave equation is essentially of cubic and higher orders. For any initial interface that is sufficiently small in its steepness and velocity, we show that there exists a unique smooth solution of the full water wave problem for all time, and the solution decays at the rate 1/t.     

Nonuniqueness of a Solution to the Problem on Motion of a Rigid Body in a Viscous Incompressible Fluid

This paper is devoted to the problem on motion of a rigid body in a viscous incompressible fluid. It is proved that there exist at least two weak solutions of this problem if collisions of the body with the boundary of the flow domain are allowed. These solutions have different behavior of the body after the collision. Namely, for the first solution, the body goes away from the boundary after the collision. In the second solution, the body and the boundary remain in contact. Bibliography 15 titles.To Vsevolod Alekseevich Solonnikov on the occasion of his jubilee__________Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 306, 2003, pp. 199–209.     

New exact solutions for magnetohydrodynamic flows of an Oldroyd-B fluid

This paper presents the new exact analytical solutions for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flows of an Oldroyd-B fluid. The explicit expressions for the velocity field and the associated tangential stress are established by using the Laplace transform method. Three characteristic examples: (i) flow due to impulsive motion of plate, (ii) flow due to uniformly accelerated plate, and (iii) flow due to non-uniformly accelerated plate are considered. The solutions for the hydrodynamic flows are special cases of the presented solutions. Moreover, the similar solutions corresponding to Maxwell and Newtonian fluids in the presence as well as absence of a magnetic field appear as the limiting cases of our solutions. The influences of the exerted magnetic field on the flow are also graphically presented and discussed. In particular, graphical results for the Oldroyd-B fluid are compared with those of a Newtonian fluid.     

Percolation of the boundary layer of a newtonian fluid through a perforated obstacle

We study the behavior of an inhomogeneous conducting fluid percolating through a porous obstacle. For a family of boundary value problems with micro-inhomogeneities on the boundary and nontrivial internal microstructure we construct the homogenized problem and prove the convergence of solutions to the initial problem to the solution of the homogenized problem. Bibliography: 7 titles. Illustrations: 2 figures.     

一类流固耦合系统强解的存在性问题

本文主要讨论一类多刚体与粘性系数依赖于密度的不可压缩流体耦合系统的强解存在性问题.首先,利用变量替换建立本文研究对象对应的非线性微分方程,然后,利用Garlerkin逼近方法获得线性化问题的光滑解,从而可以构造出原问题的逼近解.通过估计逼近解的一致有界性,最后证明了一类描述多刚体在不可压缩流体中运动的耦合系统强解的存在...     

Well posedness for the system modelling the motion of a rigid body of arbitrary form in an incompressible viscous fluid

In this paper, we consider the interaction between a rigid body and an incompressible, homogeneous, viscous fluid. This fluid-solid system is assumed to fill the whole space ℝ ^d , d = 2 or 3. The equations for the fluid are the classical Navier-Stokes equations whereas the motion of the rigid body is governed by the standard conservation laws of linear and angular momentum. The time variation of the fluid domain (due to the motion of the rigid body) is not known a priori, so we deal with a free boundary value problem. We improve the known results by proving a complete wellposedness result: our main result yields a local in time existence and uniqueness of strong solutions for d = 2 or 3. Moreover, we prove that the solution is global in time for d = 2 and also for d = 3 if the data are small enough. Patricio Cumsille’s research was partially supported by CONICYT-FONDECYT grant (No. 3070040) and Takéo Takahashi’s research was partially supported by Grant (JCJC06 137283) of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche.     

Exact solution of a boundary value problem describing the uniform cylindrical or spherical piston motion

In this paper, we construct the exact solution for fluid motion caused by the uniform expansion of a cylindrical or spherical piston into still air. Following Lighthill [1], we introduce velocity potential into the analysis and seek a similarity form of the solution. We find both numerical and analytic solutions of the second order nonlinear differential equation, with the boundary conditions at the shock and at the piston. The results obtained from the analytic solutions justify numerical solution and the approximate solution of Lighthill [1]. We find that although the approximate solution of Lighthill [1] gives remarkably good numerical results, the analytic form of that solution is not mathematically satisfactory. We also find that in case of spherical piston motion Lighthill’s [1] solution differs significantly from that of our analytic and numerical solutions. We use Pade′ approximation to extend the radius of convergence of the series solution. We also carry out some local analysis at the boundary to obtain some singular solutions.     

The dynamics of a two-component fluid in the presence of capillary forces

In the present paper we study the qualitative behavior ast→∞ of the solution of the Cauchy problem for a system of equations describing a dynamics of a two-component viscous fluid. The model under consideration takes into account the mutual diffusion of the fluid components as well as their capillary interaction. We describe the ω-limit set of trajectories of the dynamical system generated by the problem. It is proved that the stationary solution of the problem, is a homogeneous stationary distribution of one of the components, is asymptotically stable. Any other stationary solution is not asymptotically stable and is even unstable if there are no close stationary solutions corresponding to a smaller energy level. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 62, No. 2, pp. 293–305, August, 1997. Translated by A. M. Chebotarev     

Numerical approximation of entropy solutions for hyperbolic integro-differential equations

Summary. Scalar hyperbolic integro-differential equations arise as models for e.g. radiating or self-gravitating fluid flow. We present finite volume schemes on unstructured grids applied to the Cauchy problem for such equations. For a rather general class of integral operators we show convergence of the approximate solutions to a possibly discontinuous entropy solution of the problem. For a specific model problem in radiative hydrodynamics we introduce a convergent fully discrete finite volume scheme. Under the assumption of sufficiently fast spatial decay of the entropy solution we can even establish the convergence rate h^1/4|ln(h)| where h denotes the grid parameter. The convergence proofs rely on appropriate variants of the classical Kruzhkov method for local balance laws together with a truncation technique to cope with the nonlocal character of the integral operator.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 35L65, 35Q35, 65M15     

Capillary/Gravity Film Flows on the Surface of a Rotating Cylinder

We derive equations describing the motion of a viscous incompressible capillary film on the surface of a rotating cylinder in the transverse gravity field. As a result, we obtain an equation for the film thickness that has fourth order in two space variables and first order in time. We study both space-periodic solutions in the axial coordinate and localized solutions of this equation in the stationary case. We also discuss the stability of stationary solutions. Analysis of the one-dimensional problem shows that its solution strongly depends on the Galileo number and that such a solution does not exist if this number is large. Bibliography: 15 titles.To dear colleague and friend with all the best wishes__________Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 306, 2003, pp. 165–185.     

On the Heat Convection Equations with Dissipation Term in Regions with Moving Boundaries

We consider an initial value problem for a system of equations describing the motion and the heat convection in a viscous and incompressible fluid which occupies a smooth region Ω_t⊂ℝ³ depending on time. In the equation for the distribution of temperature in the fluid we take into account not only the convective term but also the term responsible for the dissipation of energy. We prove local in time existence and uniqueness of solutions of the considered problem, and global in time existence for sufficiently small data. © 1997 by B. G. Teubner Stuttgart–John Wiley & Sons Ltd.