The Milne problem for the linear Fokker–Planck operator with a force term

This paper deals with the mathematical analysis of the linear stationary Fokker–Planck equation in a half‐space (also called ‘Milne’ problem), in presence of an external electrostatic force field. We prove existence, uniqueness and asymptotic properties of the solution. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global weak solutions to a ferrofluid flow model

We are concerned with the global solvability of the differential system introduced by Shliomis to describe the flow of a colloidal suspension of magnetized nanoparticles in a nonconducting liquid, under the action of an external magnetic field. The system is a combination of the Navier–Stokes equations, the magnetization equation, and the magnetostatic equations. We prove, by using a method of regularization, the existence of global‐in‐time weak solutions with finite energy to an initial boundary‐value problem and establish the long‐time behaviour of such solutions. The main difficulty is due to the singularity of the gradient magnetic force and the torque. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Time‐periodic solution to the compressible nematic liquid crystal flows in periodic domain

In this paper, we consider the time‐periodic solution to a simplified version of Ericksen‐Leslie equations modeling the compressible hydrodynamic flow of nematic liquid crystals with a time‐periodic external force in a periodic domain in . By using an approach of parabolic regularization and combining with the topology degree theory, we establish the existence of the time‐periodic solution to the model under some smallness and symmetry assumptions on the external force. Then, we give the uniqueness of the periodic solution of this model.     

Global attractors for the viscous hyperelastic‐rod wave equation

We consider the viscous hyperelastic‐rod wave equation subject to an external force, where the viscous term is given by second order differential operator in divergence form. Under some mild assumptions on the viscous term, first, we establish the global well‐posedness in both the periodic case and the case of the whole line, afterwards, we show the existence of global attractors for the two cases, respectively. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global strong solutions for 3D viscous incompressible heat conducting Navier‐Stokes flows with the general external force

In this paper, we consider the initial boundary value problem for the nonhomogeneous heat–conducting fluids with non‐negative density and the general external force. We prove that there exists a unique global strong solution to the 3D viscous nonhomogeneous heat–conducting Navier‐Stokes flows if is suitably small.     

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 uniform error estimate in time for spectral Galerkin approximations of the magneto‐micropolar fluid equations

We consider Galerkin approximations for the equations modeling the motion of an incompressible magneto‐micropolar fluid in a bounded domain. We derive an optimal uniform in time error bound in the H¹ and L² ‐norms for the velocity. This is done without explicit assumption of exponential stability for a class of solutions corresponding to decaying external force fields. Our study is done for no‐slip boundary conditions, but the results obtained are easily extended to the case of periodic boundary conditions. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 28: 689–706, 2012     

The Navier-Stokes equations in the weak- LnL^n space with time-dependent external force

Abstract. We consider the Navier-Stokes equations with time-dependent external force, either in the whole time or in positive time with initial data, with domain either the whole space, the half space or an exterior domain of dimension . We give conditions on the external force sufficient for the unique existence of small solutions in the weak- space bounded for all time. In particular, this result gives sufficient conditions for the unique existence and the stability of small time-periodic solutions or almost periodic solutions. This result generalizes the previous result on the unique existence and the stability of small stationary solutions in the weak- space with time-independent external force. Received: 30 March 1999 / Accepted: 21 September 1999 / Published online: 28 June 2000     

A stability of the steady flow of compressible viscous fluid with respect to initial disturbance (v∞ ≠ 0)

We consider a compressible viscous fluid with the velocity at infinity equal to a strictly non‐zero constant vector in ?³. Under the assumptions on the smallness of the external force and velocity at infinity, Novotny–Padula (Math. Ann. 1997; 308 :439– 489) proved the existence and uniqueness of steady flow in the class of functions possessing some pointwise decay. In this paper, we study stability of the steady flow with respect to the initial disturbance. We proved that if H³‐norm of the initial disturbance is small enough, then the solution to the non‐stationary problem exists uniquely and globally in time, which satisfies a uniform estimate on prescribed velocity at infinity and converges to the steady flow in L_q‐norm for any number q? 2. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence and exponential stability in Lr‐spaces of stationary Navier–Stokes flows with prescribed flux in infinite cylindrical domains

We prove existence, uniqueness and exponential stability of stationary Navier–Stokes flows with prescribed flux in an unbounded cylinder of ?ⁿ,n?3, with several exits to infinity provided the total flux and external force are sufficiently small. The proofs are based on analytic semigroup theory, perturbation theory and L^r ? L^q‐estimates of a perturbation of the Stokes operator in L^q‐spaces. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Why current flows: A multiparticle one-dimensional model

In all known microscopic models of electric current including the basic Drude model, charged particles are accelerated by an external force and some random environment retards them. We introduce a classical multiparticle deterministic one-dimensional model on an interval with nearest-neighbor interaction, explaining how current can flow if the external force acts only on the ends of the passive part (i.e., outside the generator, battery, etc.) of the conductor. We obtain a family of explicit solutions. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 155, No. 2, pp. 301–311, May, 2008.     

Quantum hydrodynamic models in semiconductor crystals

We derive the Schrödinger and the Wigner equations for electrons in a crystal in the presence of an external force via spectral projection techniques. It is shown that the mixing of energy bands, due to the external force, can be treated as a small perturbation. The corresponding single state fluid dynamical equation, the quantum hydrodynamical model in a crystal, is derived.     

Global existence and asymptotic behavior for the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with a non‐autonomous external force and a heat source

In this paper, we prove the global existence and asymptotic behavior, as time tends to infinity, of solutions in Hⁱ (i=1, 2) to the initial boundary value problem of the compressible Navier–Stokes equations of one‐dimensional motion of a viscous heat‐conducting gas in a bounded region with a non‐autonomous external force and a heat source. Some new ideas and more delicate estimates are used to prove these results. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Evolution of noncompact hypersurfaces by mean curvature minus a kind of external force field

In this paper, we study the evolution of a noncompact hypersurface moving by mean curvature minus an external force field. We prove that the flow has a long-time smooth solution for a kind of special external force fields if the initial hypersurface is a Lipschitz entire graph with linear growth.     

An Example of Instability for the Navier–Stokes Equations on the 2–dimensional Torus

We give an example of instability of the Navier–Stokes equations on the two dimensional torus. We show that for a particular external force, the stationary solution is locally unstable. And the instability holds for a neighbouhood of this external force.     

Existence of stationary solutions in kinetic models with Gaussian thermostats

The thermostatted kinetic framework has been recently proposed in [C. Bianca, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications 13 (2012) 2593‐2608] for the modeling of complex systems in the applied sciences under the action of an external force field that moves out of equilibrium the system. The framework consists in an integro‐differential equation with quadratic nonlinearity coupled with the Gaussian isokinetic thermostat. This paper is concerned with the existence of stationary solutions proof. The main result is gained by fixed point and measure theory arguments. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Frequency decay for Navier–Stokes stationary solutions

We consider stationary Navier–Stokes equations in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$ with a regular external force and we prove the exponential frequency decay of the solutions. Moreover, if the external force is small enough, we give a pointwise exponential frequency decay for such solutions. If a damping term is added to the equation, a pointwise decay is obtained without the smallness condition over the force.     

Periodic solutions of a periodically forced and undamped beam resting on weakly elastic bearings

We study the problem of existence of periodic solutions to a partial differential equation modelling the behavior of an undamped beam subject to an external periodic force. We assume that the ordinary differential equation associated to the first two modes of vibration of the beam has a symmetric homoclinic solution. By using methods borrowed by dynamical systems theory we prove that, if the period is non resonant with the (infinitely many) internal periods of the PDE, the equation has a weak periodic solution of the same period as the external force. In particular we obtain continua of periodic solutions for the undamped beam in absence of external forces. This result may be considered as an infinite dimensional analogue of a result obtained in [16] concerning accumulation of periodic solutions to homoclinic orbits in finite dimensional reversible systems. Matteo Franca: Partially supported by G.N.A.M.P.A. – INdAM (Italy).     

Stationary Solutions of Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations with Slip Boundary Conditions

We consider the Navier–Stokes equations for a compressible, viscous fluid with heat–conduction in a bounded domain of IR² or IR³. Under the assumption that the external force field and the external heat supply are small we prove the existence and local uniqueness of a stationary solution satisfying a slip boundary condition. For the temperature we assume a Dirichlet or an oblique boundary condition.     

Time periodic solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in the rotational framework

We consider the Navier–Stokes equations in the rotational framework with the time periodic external force. We give sufficient conditions on the size of the external forces for the existence of time periodic solutions in terms of the Coriolis parameter. It follows from our conditions that the unique existence of time periodic solutions is guaranteed for large external forces provided the speed of rotation is sufficiently fast.