A class of pseudo‐parabolic equations: existence,uniqueness of weak solutions,and error estimates for the Euler‐implicit discretization

In this paper, we investigate a class of pseudo‐parabolic equations. Such equations model two‐phase flow in porous media where dynamic effects are included in the capillary pressure. The existence and uniqueness of a weak solution are proved, and error estimates for an Euler implicit time discretization are obtained. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Method of Integral Equations for the Three-Dimensional Problem of Wave Reflection from an Irregular Surface

The problem on the reflection of the field of a plane H-polarized three-dimensional electromagnetic wave from a perfectly conducting interface between media which contains a local perfectly conducting inhomogeneity is considered. To construct a numerical algorithm, the boundary value problem for the system of Maxwell equations in an infinite domain with irregular boundary is reduced to a system of singular integral equations, which is solved by the approximation–collocation method. The elements of the resulting complex matrix are calculated by a specially developed algorithm. The solution of the system of singular integral equations is used to obtain an integral representation for the reflected electromagnetic field and computational formulas for the directional diagram of the reflected electromagnetic field in the far region.     

Global existence for some transport equations with nonlocal velocity

In this paper, we study transport equations with nonlocal velocity fields with rough initial data. We address the global existence of weak solutions of a one dimensional model of the surface quasi-geostrophic equation and the incompressible porous media equation, and one dimensional and n dimensional models of the dissipative quasi-geostrophic equations and the dissipative incompressible porous media equation.     

A simplified quantum energy-transport model for semiconductors

The existence of global-in-time weak solutions to a quantum energy-transport model for semiconductors is proved. The equations are formally derived from the quantum hydrodynamic model in the large-time and small-velocity regime. They consist of a nonlinear parabolic fourth-order equation for the electron density, including temperature gradients; an elliptic nonlinear heat equation for the electron temperature; and the Poisson equation for the electric potential. The equations are solved in a bounded domain with periodic boundary conditions. The existence proof is based on an entropy-type estimate, exponential variable transformations, and a fixed-point argument. Furthermore, we discretize the equations by central finite differences and present some numerical simulations of a one-dimensional ballistic diode.     

On methods of deriving equations describing effective models of layered media

Methods of deriving equations describing effective models of layered periodic media are presented. Elastic and fluid media, as well as porous Biot media, may be among these media. First, effective models are derived by a rigorous method, and then some operations in the derivation are replaced by simpler ones providing correct results. As a consequence, a comparatively simple and justified method of deriving equations of an effective model is established. In particular, this method allows us to simplify to a degree and justify the derivation of an effective model for media containing Biot layers; this method also produces equations of an effective model of a porous layered medium intersected by fractures with slipping contacts. Bibliography: 15 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 250, 1998 pp. 219–243. Translated by L. A. Molotkov.     

Global existence of weak solutions for the anisotropic compressible Stokes system

In this paper, we study the problem of global existence of weak solutions for the quasi-stationary compressible Stokes equations with an anisotropic viscous tensor. The key idea is a new identity that we obtain by comparing the limit of the equations of the energies associated to a sequence of weak-solutions with the energy equation associated to the system verified by the limit of the sequence of weak-solutions. In the context of stability of weak solutions, this allows us to construct a defect measure which is used to prove compactness for the density and therefore allowing us to identify the pressure in the limiting model. By doing so we avoid the use of the so-called effective flux. Using this new tool, we solve an open problem namely global existence of solutions à la Leray for such a system without assuming any restriction on the anisotropy amplitude. This provides a flexible and natural method to treat compressible quasilinear Stokes systems which are important for instance in biology, porous media, supra-conductivity or other applications in the low Reynolds number regime.     

An Effective Model of a Fractured Medium

A homogeneous isotropic elastic medium intersected by three systems of fractures on which the jumps of stresses are proportional to displacements is considered. An effective model of this medium is described by equations differing from the respective equations of the elastic medium by additional terms. On the basis of the equations of the effective model, the wave field excited by a point source is established. An investigation of the integral representation of the wave field shows that the velocities of the longitudinal and transversal waves and of the Rayleigh wave are functions of the frequency and the wave numbers. Formulas for the phase and group velocities of these waves are derived. Bibliography: 3 titles.     

Über elastische Wellen in porösen Medien

Summary The expansion process of elastic waves in porous media is described by a system of differential equations which is a generalisation of the wave equation for homogeneous continua. For the plane problem four parameters allow to comprehend the interactions of longitudinal and transversal waves due to the porosity.

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Durchgeführt am Institut für Techn. Mechanik der Universität Saarbrücken.     

Exactness of the one-form of the U(1)-gauge field and fractional statistics in the presence of the Chern-Simons Lagrangian

The first part of the paper deals with the model of minimal coupling of an Abelian Chern-Simons gauge field with some matter current. The elements of exterior calculus are used to solve the gauge field equations of motion under transversal, Weyl, and Coulomb gauges. The second part reviews the model proposed by G. Semenoff (a scalar matter field couples with a topologically massive gauge field). It is shown that the qdeformed permutation algebra arises both in transversal and Weyl gauges. In this case, the following alternative exists: either the model admits only a Bose-Fermi transmutation in a non-simply connected region, or an anyonic-type matter field is admissible when the consideration is restricted by some contractible subset of a punctured plane. Bibliography: 16 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 199, 1992, pp. 132–146. Translated by K. Malyshev.     

A Navier–Stokes–Fourier system for incompressible fluids with temperature dependent material coefficients

We consider a complete thermodynamic model for unsteady flows of incompressible homogeneous Newtonian fluids in a fixed bounded three-dimensional domain. The model comprises evolutionary equations for the velocity, pressure and temperature fields that satisfy the balance of linear momentum and the balance of energy on any (measurable) subset of the domain, and is completed by the incompressibility constraint. Finding a solution in such a framework is tantamount to looking for a weak solution to the relevant equations of continuum physics. If in addition the entropy inequality is required to hold on any subset of the domain, the solution that fulfills all these requirements is called the suitable weak solution. In our setting, both the viscosity and the coefficient of the thermal conductivity are functions of the temperature. We deal with Navier’s slip boundary conditions for the velocity that yield a globally integrable pressure, and we consider zero heat flux across the boundary. For such a problem, we establish the large-data and long-time existence of weak as well as suitable weak solutions, extending thus Leray [J. Leray, Sur le mouvement d’un liquide visquex emplissant l’espace, Acta Math. 63 (1934) 193–248] and Caffarelli, Kohn and Nirenberg [L. Caffarelli, R. Kohn, L. Nirenberg, Partial regularity of suitable weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 35 (6) (1982) 771–831] results, that deal with the problem in a purely mechanical context, to the problem formulated in a fully thermodynamic setting.     

Large deviations for the Boussinesq equations under random influences

A Boussinesq model for the Bénard convection under random influences is considered as a system of stochastic partial differential equations. This is a coupled system of stochastic Navier–Stokes equations and the transport equation for temperature. Large deviations are proved, using a weak convergence approach based on a variational representation of functionals of infinite-dimensional Brownian motion.     

Separation of the elasticity theory equations with radial inhomogeneity : PMM vol. 38, n 6, 1974, pp. 1139–1144

The separation of a system of three elasticity theory equations in the static case to a system of two equations and one independent equation for a space with a radial inhomogeneity is presented in a spherical coordinate system. These equations are solved by separation of variables for specific kinds of radial inhomogeneity. In particular, solutions are found for the Lamé coefficients μ = const, λ (ifr) is an arbitrary function, μ = μ_or^β, λ = λ_or^β.While methods of solving problems associated with the equilibrium of an elastic homogeneous sphere have been studied sufficiently [1], problems with spherical symmetry of the boundary conditions have mainly been solved for an inhomogeneous sphere [2, 3],For a particular kind of inhomogeneity dependent on one Cartesian coordinate, the equations have been separated completely in [4], A system of three equations with a radial inhomogeneity in a spherical coordinate system is separated below by a method analogous to [4].     

A simulation code for investigating 2D heating of material bodies by low frequency electric fields

The finite difference method has been used to simultaneously solve in two dimensions Maxwell's equations and the heat transfer equation in forms which are appropriate to modelling low frequency electrical heating of solid materials. The nonlinear coupling of these modelling equations, which is due to temperature dependent electrical conductivities, necessitates the use of an explicit-sequential solution method and the limiting of the timestep size to ensure stability. The finite difference equations were modified to account for sharp electrical conductivity differences between different media in the body being heated.The simulation code was tested by comparison of the simulator predictions with the measured results of a physical scale model experiment. The simulation code was able to accurately predict the resistance between the electrodes used for heating, the energy deposition and the temperature rise in the bulk of the physical model.     

The Global Random Attractor for a Class of Stochastic Porous Media Equations

We prove new L ²-estimates and regularity results for generalized porous media equations “shifted by” a function-valued Wiener path. To include Wiener paths with merely first spatial (weak) derivates we introduce the notion of “ζ-monotonicity” for the non-linear function in the equation. As a consequence we prove that stochastic porous media equations have global random attractors. In addition, we show that (in particular for the classical stochastic porous media equation) this attractor consists of a random point.     

Existence for a thermoviscoelastic beam model of brakes

The existence of a weak solution to a model for the dynamic thermomechanical behavior of a viscoelastic beam, which is in frictional contact with a rigid rotating wheel, is established. The model describes a simple braking system in which a rotating wheel comes to a stop as a result of the frictional traction generated by the beam. The classical model consists of a system of coupled equations for the beam temperature and displacement, the wear of the beam's contacting end, the wheel temperature and its angular velocity. The weak formulation is an abstract differential inclusion involving set-valued pseudomonotone operators, The existence is proved by using recent results for such operators. Uniqueness is shown to hold when the wheel's angular velocity and temperature are known.     

An existence result for nonisothermal immiscible incompressible 2‐phase flow in heterogeneous porous media

In the present article, we study the temperature effects on two‐phase immiscible incompressible flow through a porous medium. The mathematical model is given by a coupled system of 2‐phase flow equations and an energy balance equation. The model consists of the usual equations derived from the mass conservation of both fluids along with the Darcy‐Muskat and the capillary pressure laws. The problem is written in terms of the phase formulation; ie, the saturation of one phase, the pressure of the second phase, and the temperature are primary unknowns. The major difficulties related to this model are in the nonlinear degenerate structure of the equations, as well as in the coupling in the system. Under some realistic assumptions on the data, we show the existence of weak solutions with the help of an appropriate regularization and a time discretization. We use suitable test functions to obtain a priori estimates. We prove a new compactness result to pass to the limit in nonlinear terms.     

Wärmewellen in einem leitenden und strahlenden Medium

Summary Plane thermal waves in a heat conducting and radiating (emitting and absorbing) medium that occupies the half-spacex>0 are investigated. The governing equations for a gray medium are linearized with regard to small perturbations of the radiative equilibrium. Solutions are given for the thermal wave that is due to harmonic oscillations of either the wall temperature or the radiative energy flux produced by an outer source. The behaviour of the thermal wave is then discussed for the asymptotic cases of weak, strong, optical thin and optical thick radiation, respectively, and also for the special case that the Bouguer numberBu and the radiation-conduction parameterK as defined in the text are equal to one. Then the equations and their solutions are generalized in order to apply to certain models of frequency-dependent absorption coefficients (non-gray media). Finally it is shown that nonlinear terms, although being small of higher order in the differential equations, cause the perturbation solution to be not uniformly valid as the distance from the boundary surface goes to infinity.     

Existence of solutions to various rock types odel model of two-phase flow in porous media

We study the flow of two immiscible and incompressible fluids through a porous media c,onsisting of different rock types: capillary pressure and relative permeablities curves are different in each type of porous media. This process can be formulated as a coupled system of partial differential equations which includes an elliptic pressurevelocity equation and a nonlinear degenerated parabolic saturation equation. Moreover the transmission conditions are nonlinear and the saturation is discontinuous at interfaces separating different media. A change of unknown leads to a new formulation of this problem. We derive a weak form for this new problem, which is a combination of a mixed formulation for the elliptic pressure-velocity equation and a standard variational formulation for the new parabolic equation. Under some realistic assumptions, we prove the existence of weak solutions to the implicit system given by time discretization.     

多孔介质驱动问题的混合元最小二乘特征有限元方法及其收敛分析

１．引言多孔介质二相驱动问题的数学模型是偶合的非线性偏微分方程组的初边值问题．该问题可转化为压力方程和浓度方程［１－４］．浓度方程一般是对流占优的对流扩散方程,它的对流速度依赖于比浓度方程的扩散系数大得多的Ｆａｒｃｙ速度．因此Ｄａｒｃｙ速度的求解精度直接影响着浓度的求解精度．为了提高速度的求解精度,７０年代Ｐ．Ａ．Ｒａｖｉａｔ和Ｊ．Ｍ．Ｔｈｏｍａｓ提出混合有限元方法［５］．Ｊ．ＤｏｕｇｌａｓＪｒ,Ｔ．Ｆ．Ｒｕｓｓｅｌｌ,Ｒ．Ｅ．Ｅｗｉｎｇ,Ｍ．Ｆ．Ｗｈｅｅｌｅｒ［１］－［４］,［９］,［１２］袁…     

Classical and quantum transport in random media

We study in this article the transport of particles in time-dependent random media, in the so-called weak coupling limit. We show the convergence of a Liouville equation to a Fokker–Planck equation. We also obtain the semi-classical limit of Schrödinger equations. This limit is described by a linear Boltzmann equation. In both cases, the ratio between a typical time scale and the scale of the media determines whether the limit diffusion and the collision process are elastic or not.