The Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge in a generalized Oldroyd-B fluid

The velocity field corresponding to the Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge, in an incompressible generalized Oldroyd-B fluid has been established by means of the double Fourier sine and Laplace transforms. The fractional calculus approach is used in the constitutive relationship of the fluid model. The obtained solution, written in terms of the generalized G-functions, is presented as a sum of the Newtonian solution and the corresponding non-Newtonian contribution. The solution for generalized Maxwell fluids, as well as those for ordinary Maxwell and Oldroyd-B fluids, performing the same motion, is obtained as a limiting case of the present solution. This solution can be also specialized to give the similar solution for generalized second grade fluids. However, for simplicity, a new and simpler exact solution is established for these fluids. For β → 1, this last solution reduces to a previous solution obtained by a different technique.     

On Torsion of Prismatic Bodies

The method of decaying residual solution is applied to obtain an approximate interior solution for the torsion of slender prismatic elastic bodies under different end conditions. The approximate solution is generally accurate up to terms that are exponentially small in the length-to-cross-sectional-width ratio. For stress end conditions, the result is identical to the classical Saint-Venant torsion solution. Similar types of simple solutions, not known previously, are obtained for different types of mixed end conditions. For displacement conditions at both ends, the corresponding Saint-Venant type result requires an accurate solution of a canonical problem for a semi-infinite prismatic body that is to be obtained once and for all. The solution of the canonical problem is elementary for a circular cross section. The approximate interior solution in that case is identical to the known exact interior solution.     

The Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge in a generalized Oldroyd-B fluid

The velocity field corresponding to the Rayleigh–Stokes problem for an edge, in an incompressible generalized Oldroyd-B fluid has been established by means of the double Fourier sine and Laplace transforms. The fractional calculus approach is used in the constitutive relationship of the fluid model. The obtained solution, written in terms of the generalized G-functions, is presented as a sum of the Newtonian solution and the corresponding non-Newtonian contribution. The solution for generalized Maxwell fluids, as well as those for ordinary Maxwell and Oldroyd-B fluids, performing the same motion, is obtained as a limiting case of the present solution. This solution can be also specialized to give the similar solution for generalized second grade fluids. However, for simplicity, a new and simpler exact solution is established for these fluids. For β → 1, this last solution reduces to a previous solution obtained by a different technique.      

Approximate analytic solutions to Radulet equations for the analysis of electromagnetic transients in single-phase power transmission lines

In this work, an analytic development for a transmission line with a corona effect for simulating an electromagnetic transient is presented. The asymptotic solution for the Radulet equations in which a nonlinear term is presented is obtained. The study is carried out for a single-phase transmission line. The electrical parameters for an overhead line are defined and several formulations for their calculation are presented. The frequency dependence of the electrical parameters is considered. In the first part, the linear problem solution is found; the Fourier and Laplace transforms are applied with respect to distance and time respectively. After finding the solution in the Fourier–Laplace domain, which is expressed in terms of a Green’s function integral, an approximate analytical solution is obtained in the distance–time domain by means of asymptotic methods. Finally, the nonlinear solution is found using as a first approach the linear solution. The results obtained show an attenuation in the voltage wave due to the corona effect.     

Global solution to the incompressible flow of liquid crystals

The initial–boundary value problem for the three-dimensional incompressible flow of liquid crystals is considered in a bounded smooth domain. The existence and uniqueness is established for both the local strong solution with large initial data and the global strong solution with small data. It is also proved that when the strong solution exists, a weak solution must be equal to the unique strong solution with the same data.     

Using Tabu search in CSPS

A heuristic method TABU-CSP using Tabu Search (TS) is described for solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). The method is started with a complete but inconsistent solution of a binary CSP and obtained in prespecified number of iterations either a consistent solution or a near optimal solution with an acceptable number of conflicts. The repair in the solution at each iterative step is done by using two heuristics alternatively. The first heuristic is a min-conflict heuristic that chooses a variable with the maximum number of conflicts and reassigns it the value which leads to the minimum number of conflicts. If the acceptable solution is not reached after the search continued for a certain number of iterations, the min-conflict heuristic is changed and the variable selected least number of times is chosen for repair. If an acceptable solution is not reached, the method switches back to the min-conflict heuristic and proceeds further. This allowed the method to explore a different region of search space for the solution as well as to prevent cycling. The demonstration of the method is shown on a toy problem [9] which has no solution. The method is then tested on various randomly generated CSPs with different starting solutions. The performance of the proposed method in terms of the average number of consistency is checked and the average number of conflicts is compared with that of the Branch and Bound (BB) method used to obtain the same solution. In almost all cases, the proposed method moves faster to the acceptable solution than BB.     

On differential equations with interval coefficients

In this study, a new approach is developed to solve the initial value problem for interval linear differential equations. In the considered problem, the coefficients and the initial values are constant intervals. In the developed approach, there is no need to define a derivative for interval-valued functions. All derivatives used in the approach are classical derivatives of real functions. The reason for this is that the solution of the problem is defined as a bunch of real functions. Such a solution concept is compatible also with the robust stability concept. Sufficient conditions are provided for the solution to be expressed analytically. In addition, on a numerical example, the solution obtained by the proposed approach is compared with the solution obtained by the generalized Hukuhara differentiability. It is shown that the proposed approach gives a new type of solution. The main advantage of the proposed approach is that the solution to the considered interval initial value problem exists and is unique, as in the real case.     

Lyapunov functions in justification theorems for asymptotics

A formal asymptotic solution is considered for a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations in a neighborhood of a singular point. The problem of existence of an exact solution with such an asymptotics and the problem of stability of this solution are solved. The main tool in these studies is the Lyapunov function for a system linearized on a formal solution.     

Closed-form exact solutions of MHD viscous flow over a shrinking sheet

In this paper, the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow over a shrinking sheet is solved analytically. The solution is given in a closed-form equation and is an exact solution of the full governing Navier–Stokes equations for the problem. Interesting solution behavior is observed with multiple solution branches for certain parameter domain.     

On the theorem of T. Yamada and S. Watanabe

The well-known theorem of T. Yamada and S. Watanabe asserts that (weak) existence and pathwise uniqueness of the solution of a stochastic equation implies the existence of a strong solution. This is the most powerful tool for proving that a stochastic equation possesses a strong solution. However, pathwise uniqueness is far from being a necessary condition for this. Even if the solution is not unique in law it is also of interest to ask for strong solutions. In the present note, we will discuss in more detail the connection between pathwise uniqueness and the existence of a strong solution. We will state a condition which is not only sufficient but also necessary for the existence of a strong solution.     

On solving a primal geometric program by partial dual optimization

The several published methods for mapping a dual solution estimate to a primal solution estimate in posynomial geometric programming provide no criteria for deciding how much deviation from primal feasibility, or discrepancy between the primal and dual objective function values, should be permitted before the primal solution estimate is accepted by the designer. This paper presents a new and simple dual-to-primal conversion method that uses the cost coefficients to provide a sound economic criterion for determining when to accept a primal solution estimate. The primal solution estimate generated is the exact solution to a modified primal obtained from the given primal by modifying the cost coefficients, with the exponent matrix left unchanged. The method is shown to have desirable properties when coupled with a convergent dual algorithm.     

Fuzzy relational equations and the inverse problem

The inverse problem concerned with fuzzy relations is investigated. The conditions for the existence of a solution are shown and an analytical solution is given. A method for the improvement of the solution is proposed.     

群体决策问题的一种最优均衡解

本文引进了群体决策问题的一个最优解概念—s~*-最优均衡解,s~*-最优均衡解可以作为群体决策问题的一种解,它的实际意义是为所有的决策者找到一个最优解。我们证明了求解s~*-最优均衡解等价于求解一个相应的单目标优化问题,且在一定条件下s~*-最优均衡解总是存在的。我们也讨论按比例分配的s~*-最优均衡解问题。本文为解决群体决策问题提供了一种新的途径。     

有限制结盟的NTU对策解

对有限制结盟的NTU对策提出一种分配形式,即RC解,研究了这个解与对应的TU对策的有限制结盟边际贡献值之间的关系,同时给出RC解的刻划公理.     

Two-sided deconvolution for bandlimited kernels

The two-sided deconvolution problem, for a certain class of a bandlimited kernels, is reduced to a discrete deconvolution problem by the sampling theorem, yielding a bandlimited solution. For this solution, in addition, a Galerkin type approximation is given. In general, the solution of the convolutioon equation for bandlimited kernels is not bandlimited. This follows from a characterization of the general solution     

An Algorithm for Solving Multicriterion Linear Programming Problems with Examples

The purpose of this paper is to develop a useful technique for solving linear programmes involving more than one objective function. Motivation for solving multicriterion linear programmes is given along with the inherent difficulty associated with obtaining a satisfactory solution set. By applying a linear programming approach for the solution of two person–zero sum games with mixed strategies, it is shown that a linear optimization problem with multiple objective functions can be formulated in this fashion in order to obtain a solution set satisfying all the requirements for an efficient solution of the problem. The solution method is then refined to take into account disparities between the magnitude of the values generated by each of the objective functions and solution preferences as determined by a decision-maker. A summary of the technique is then given along with several examples in order to demonstrate its applicability.     

An optimum finite element technique to calculate oxygen concentration in tumoured tissue

The aim of this paper is to find a suitable finite element method for solving a tissue problem in a semi-infinite strip with a singularity at the origin. The problem is modelled using Laplace's equation in an infinite strip, simplified to a semi-infinite strip. An analytic form of the solution is derived and this is used for comparing with the finite element solution obtained in the semi-infinite strip using novel infinite elements. Numerical results for various values of the parameters present in the solution are reported and an optimum solution is presented.     

LONG TIME ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTION OF IMPLICIT DIFFERENCE SCHEME FOR A SEMI-LINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATION

In this paper, the solution of back-Euler implicit difference scheme for a semi-linea rparabolic equation is proved to converge to the solution of difference scheme for the corresponding semi-linear elliptic equation as t tends to infinity. The long asymptotic behavior of its discrete solution is obtained which is analogous to that of its continuous solution. At last, a few results are also presented for Crank-Nicolson scheme.     

SOME RECENT PROGRESS ON STOCHASTIC HEAT EQUATIONS

This article attempts to give a short survey of recent progress on a class of elementary stochastic partial differential equations(for example, stochastic heat equations)driven by Gaussian noise of various covariance structures. The focus is on the existence and uniqueness of the classical(square integrable) solution(mild solution, weak solution). It is also concerned with the Feynman-Kac formula for the solution; Feynman-Kac formula for the moments of the solution; and their applications to the asymptotic moment bounds of the solution. It also briefly touches the exact asymptotics of the moments of the solution.     

On variations in the solutions of integro-differential equations of mixed problems of elasticity theory for domain variations

The behaviour of the solution of the boundary value problem for a pseudodifferential equation (PDE), Green's function of this problem, and also some of their local and global characteristics, during variation of the domain is investigated. Formulas are proposed that enable the solution of a broad class of PDE in a domain to be expressed in terms of the solution in the near domain. Local characteristics of the solution are expressed in terms of the local characteristics of the solution in the near domain. A double asymptotic form of Green's function for both arguments tending to the domain boundary occurs in the variation formula. The variation of this double asymptotic form as the domain varies is expressed in terms of this same asymptotic form. The system of variation formulas obtained is closed. It enables the PDE solution in the domain to be reduced to the solution of an ordinary differential equation in functional space. The local characteristics of the solution can also be found by this method without calculating the solution itself. If there is sufficient symmetry in the initial operator, then conservation laws in the Noether sense are obtained for its Green's function and its asymptotic form. The behaviour of the quantities under investigation is studied under inversion.

The investigation of variations of the solutions of problems for the variation of the domain occurs in the paper by Hadamard /1/, who studied the variation in conformal mapping and obtained a formula similar to (1.4). The formula for the variation of the solution of the boundary value problem for an elliptic differential equation is obtained in /2/. Variation formulas for the case of the operator of the problem about a crack and a circular domain are obtained in /3, 4/. The Irwin formula /5/ is obtained from formulas (1.4) and (1.21) by substitution.