Global solution on Cauchy problem in nonlinear non-simple thermoelastic materials

We prove a theorem about global existence (in time) of the solution to the initial-value problem for a nonliear system of coupled partial differential equations of fourth order describing the thermoelasticity of non-simple materias. We consider such the case of thim system in which some nonlinear coeffcients can depend not only on the temperature and the gradient of displacement and also on the second derivative of displacement. The corresponding global existence theorem has been proved using the L ^p – L ^q time decay estmates for the solution of the associated linearized problem. Next, we proved the energy estimate in the Sobolev space with constant independent of time. Such an energy estimate allows us to apply the standard continuation argument and to continue the local solution to one desired for all t ∈ (0, ∞)     

The stationary Stefan problem with convection governed by a non‐linear Darcy's law

We consider the bidimensional stationary Stefan problem with convection. The problem is governed by a coupled system involving a non‐linear Darcy's law and the energy balance equation with second member in L¹. We prove existence of at least one weak solution of the problem, using the penalty method and the Schauder fixed point principle. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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.     

On freezing of a finite humid porous medium with a heat flux condition considering the factor for phase conversion

This work deals with a theoretical mathematical analysis of freezing (desublimation) of moisture in a finite porous medium with heat-flux condition in x=0. The position of phase change front at time t, given by x =s (t), divides the porous body into two regions. In the first region there is no moisture movement, and in the other one the process of the coupled heat and moisture flows is described by the well known Luikov's system, considering that the factor for phase conversion is non zero. Equivalence between this problem and a system of Volterra integral equations is found. The existence of a unique local solution in time for this problem is also obtained. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Blowup in a three‐dimensional vector model for the Euler equations

We present a three‐dimensional vector model given in terms of an infinite system of nonlinearly coupled ordinary differential equations. This model has structural similarities with the Euler equations for incompressible, inviscid fluid flows. It mimics certain important properties of the Euler equations, namely, conservation of energy and divergence‐free velocity. It is proven for certain families of initial data that the model system permits local existence in time for initial conditions in Sobolev spaces H^s, s > ; and blowup occurs in the sense that the H^{3/2 + ?} norm becomes unbounded in finite time. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On Analytical Results for the Optimal Control of the quasi-stationary Radiative Heat Transfer System

We state an optimal control problem of the coupled quasi-stationary radiative heat equations consisting of the radiative transfer equation and the instationary heat transfer equation that model radiative-conductive heat transfer. We give an existence and uniqueness result for the state equations and the adjoint equations of the quasi-stationary radiative heat transfer system. For the optimal control problem the existence of a minimizer is proven. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A proof of Price’s law for the collapse of a self-gravitating scalar field

A well-known open problem in general relativity, dating back to 1972, has been to prove Price’s law for an appropriate model of gravitational collapse. This law postulates inverse-power decay rates for the gravitational radiation flux through the event horizon and null infinity with respect to appropriately normalized advanced and retarded time coordinates. It is intimately related both to astrophysical observations of black holes and to the fate of observers who dare cross the event horizon. In this paper, we prove a well-defined (upper bound) formulation of Price’s law for the collapse of a self-gravitating scalar field with spherically symmetric initial data. We also allow the presence of an additional gravitationally coupled Maxwell field. Our results are obtained by a new mathematical technique for understanding the long-time behavior of large data solutions to the resulting coupled non-linear hyperbolic system of p.d.e.’s in 2 independent variables. The technique is based on the interaction of the conformal geometry, the celebrated red-shift effect, and local energy conservation; we feel it may be relevant for the problem of non-linear stability of the Kerr solution. When combined with previous work of the first author concerning the internal structure of charged black holes, which had assumed the validity of Price’s law, our results can be applied to the strong cosmic censorship conjecture for the Einstein-Maxwell-real scalar field system with complete spacelike asymptotically flat spherically symmetric initial data. Under Christodoulou’s C⁰-formulation, the conjecture is proven to be false.     

Weak solutions to a time-dependent heat equation with nonlocal radiation boundary condition and arbitrary <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-summable right-hand side

We consider a model for transient conductive-radiative heat transfer in grey materials. Since the domain contains an enclosed cavity, nonlocal radiation boundary conditions for the conductive heat-flux are taken into account. We generalize known existence and uniqueness results to the practically relevant case of lower integrable heat-sources, and of nonsmooth interfaces. We obtain energy estimates that involve only the L ^p norm of the heat sources for exponents p close to one. Such estimates are important for the investigation of models in which the heat equation is coupled to Maxwell’s equations or to the Navier-Stokes equations (dissipative heating), with many applications such as crystal growth.     

Pullback attractors for nonautonomous 2D Bénard problem in some unbounded domains

In this paper, we study the 2D Bénard problem, a system with the Navier–Stokes equations for the velocity field coupled with a convection–diffusion equation for the temperature, in an arbitrary domain (bounded or unbounded) satisfying the Poincaré inequality with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions and nonautonomous external force and heat source. The existence of a weak solution to the problem is proved by using the Galerkin method. We then show the existence of a unique minimal finite‐dimensional pullback D_σ‐attractor for the process associated to the problem. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A steady-state Boussinesq-Stefan problem with continuous extraction

Summary One establishes an existence result for the weak solution to a steady-state strongly coupled system between a nonlinear two phases heat equation with convection and the Navier-Stokes equation in the liquid phase. The two phases Rayleigh-Bénard problem is included as the particular case corresponding to a zero extraction velocity.     

Weak solutions of the Vlasov–Poisson initial boundary value problem

This paper deals with existence results for a Vlasov-Poisson system, equipped with an absorbing-type law for the Vlasov equation and a Dirichlet-type boundary condition for the Poisson part. Using the ideas of Lions and Perthame [21], we prove the existence of a weak solution having good L^p estimates for moment and electric field, by a good control on the higher moments of the initial data. As an application, we establish a homogenization result in the Hilbertian framework for this type of problem in non-homogeneous media, following the work by Alexandre and Hamdache [2] for general kinetic equations, and Cioranescu and Mural [11] for the Laplace problem.     

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.     

Existence of Periodic Solutions for the Quasi-Static Thermoelastic Thermistor Problem

We deal with a new model for the thermistor problem formulated as a coupled system of PDE’s involving nonlinear energy heat equation, stationary charge conservation equation of electrical current and thermoelastic equations of displacement. We establish the existence of weak periodic solutions rewriting our system as an abstract problem in order to utilize the maximal monotone mappings theory and a fixed point argument for a suitable operator equation.      

Dissipativity and global attractors for a class of quasilinear parabolic systems

We show that a-priori weak L^p dissipativity implies strong L ^∞ dissipativity for a class of weakly coupled quasilinear parabolic systems satisfies general structure conditions. The existence of global attractors of general nonlinear reaction diffusion systems will be proven.     

A generalized solution in W2 1(0,1) of a problem concerning the deflection of a beam

A new method is proposed for formulating a boundary-value problem for a fourth-order ordinary differential equation with a solution in W₂ ¹(0, 1). This generalized formulation is based on a system of second-order equations with coefficients in W₂ ^–1 (0, 1). The existence and uniqueness of the indicated solution in this class is proven.Translated fromVychislitel'naya i Prikladnaya Matematika, No. 69, pp. 90–96, 1989.     

Finite difference methods for a nonlinear and strongly coupled heat and moisture transport system in textile materials

In this paper, we study heat and moisture transport through porous textile materials with phase change, described by a degenerate, nonlinear and strongly coupled parabolic system. An uncoupled finite difference method with semi-implicit Euler scheme in time direction is proposed for the system. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the finite difference system. The optimal error estimates in both discrete L ² and H ¹ norms are obtained under the condition that the mesh sizes τ and h are smaller than a positive constant, which depends solely upon physical parameters involved. Numerical results are presented to confirm our theoretical analysis and compared with experimental data.     

Second Order Nonlinear Evolution Inclusions Ⅰ： Existence and Relaxation Results

This is the first part of a work on second order nonlinear, nonmonotone evolution inclusions defined in the framework of an evolution triple of spaces and with a multivalued nonlinearity depending on both x（t） and x（t）. In this first part we prove existence and relaxation theorems. We consider the case of an usc, convex valued nonlinearity and we show that for this problem the solution set is nonempty and compact in C^1 （T, H）. Also we examine the Isc, nonconvex case and again we prove the existence of solutions. In addition we establish the existence of extremal solutions and by strengthening our hypotheses, we show that the extremal solutions are dense in C^1 （T, H） to the solutions of the original convex problem （strong relaxation）. An example of a nonlinear hyperbolic optimal control problem is also discussed.     

Scattering for radial energy-subcritical wave equations in dimensions 4 and 5

In this paper, we consider the focusing and defocusing energy-subcritical, nonlinear wave equation in ?^1+d with radial initial data for d = 4,5. We prove that if a solution remains bounded in the critical space on its interval of existence, then the solution exists globally and scatters at ±∞. The proof follows the concentration compactness/rigidity method initiated by Kenig and Merle, and the main obstacle is to show the nonexistence of nonzero solutions with a certain compactness property. A main novelty of this work is the use of a simple virial argument to rule out the existence of nonzero solutions with this compactness property rather than channels of energy arguments that have been proven to be most useful in odd dimensions.     

A viscous approximation for a 2-D steady semiconductor or transonic gas dynamic flow: Existence theorem for potential flow

In this paper we solve a boundary value problem in a two-dimensional domain O for a system of equations of Fluid-Poisson type, that is, a viscous approximation to a potential equation for the velocity coupled with an ordinary differential equation along the streamlines for the density and a Poisson equation for the electric field. A particular case of this system is a viscous approximation of transonic flow models. The general case is a model for semiconductors. We show existence of a density ρ, velocity potential φ, and electric potential Φ in the bounded domain O that are C^1,α(O¯), C^2,α(O¯), and W^2,α(O¯) functions, respectively, such that ρ, φ, Φ, the speed |Δφ|, and the electric field E = ΔΦ are uniformly bounded in the viscous parameter. This is a necessary step in the existing programs in order to show existence of a solution for the transonic flow problem. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Finite Element Solution of Conical Diffraction Problems

This paper is devoted to the numerical study of diffraction by periodic structures of plane waves under oblique incidence. For this situation Maxwell's equations can be reduced to a system of two Helmholtz equations in R ² coupled via quasiperiodic transmission conditions on the piecewise smooth interfaces between different materials. The numerical analysis is based on a strongly elliptic variational formulation of the differential problem in a bounded periodic cell involving nonlocal boundary operators. We obtain existence and uniqueness results for discrete solutions and provide the corresponding error analysis.