A finite‐volume scheme for the multidimensional quantum drift‐diffusion model for semiconductors

A finite‐volume scheme for the stationary unipolar quantum drift‐diffusion equations for semiconductors in several space dimensions is analyzed. The model consists of a fourth‐order elliptic equation for the electron density, coupled to the Poisson equation for the electrostatic potential, with mixed Dirichlet‐Neumann boundary conditions. The numerical scheme is based on a Scharfetter‐Gummel type reformulation of the equations. The existence of a sequence of solutions to the discrete problem and its numerical convergence to a solution to the continuous model are shown. Moreover, some numerical examples in two space dimensions are presented. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 27: 1483–1510, 2011     

锥方向高阶广义邻近导数及高阶Mond-Weir对偶(英文)

本文引入了集值映射的锥方向的高阶广义邻近导数.应用这种导数,构建了约束的集值优化问题的一种高阶Mond-Weir型对偶,并建立了相应的弱对偶,强对偶和逆对偶性,获得的结果推广了文献中的相应结论.     

时滞脉冲微分方程三点边值问题解的存在性和唯一性

研究一类时滞与脉冲共存的微分方程三点边值问题,利用上下解与单调迭代方法获得了边值问题解的存在性定理和唯一性定理,给出求解该类问题解析近似解的迭代方法,得出了新的结论.     

一类具P-Laplacian算子四阶两点边值问题正解的存在性

利用Leggett-Williams不动点定理研究了一类具有P-Laplacian算子的边值问题,得到了三个正解存在性的一组充分条件.     

Chaplygin气体Euler方程组的轴对称解

构造了两维Chaplygin气体Euler方程组的三参数、自相似的弱解.在自相似和轴对称的假设下,两维Chaplygin气体Euler方程组可以化为无穷远边值的常微分方程组,由此得到了解的存在性和解的结构.与多方气体不同的是Chaplygin气体的Euler方程组是完全线性退化的.即使在轴向速度大于零的时候解也会出现间断现象.这些解展示了宇宙演化过程中的一些现象,例如黑洞的形成与演化以及宇宙的暴涨和膨胀.     

Very Singular Similarity Solutions and Hermitian Spectral Theory for Semilinear Odd-order PDEs

Asymptotic large- and short-time behavior of solutions of the linear dispersion equation μt = Uxxx in IR× IR＋, and its （2k＋l）th-order extensions are studied. Such a refined scattering is based on a ＂Hermitian＂ spectral theory for a pair {B,B＊} of non self-adjoint rescaled operators     

Exact solutions for the incompressible viscous magnetohydrodynamic fluid of a rotating-disk flow with Hall current

The focus of the present study is to obtain exact solutions for the flow of a viscous hydromagnetic fluid due to the rotation of an infinite disk in the presence of an axial uniform steady magnetic field with the inclusion of Hall current effect. In place of the traditional von Karman's axisymmetric evolution of the flow, the rotational non-axisymmetric stationary conducting flow is taken into consideration here, whose governing equations allow an exact solution to develop bounded everywhere in the normal direction to the wall.The three-dimensional equations of motion are treated analytically yielding derivation of exact solutions, which differ from those of corresponding to the classical von Karman's conducting flow. Making use of this solution, analytical formulas for the angular velocity components, for the current density field as well as for the wall shear stresses are extracted. The critical peripheral locations at which extrema of the local skin friction occur are also determined. It is proved from the analytical results that for the specific flow the properly defined thicknesses decay as the magnetic field strength increases in magnitude, approaching their hydrodynamic value in the limit of large Hall numbers.Interaction of the resolved flow field with the surrounding temperature is further analyzed via the energy equation. The temperature field is shown to accord with the dissipation function. According to the Fourier's heat law, a constant heat transfer from the disk to the fluid occurs, though it increases by the presence of magnetic field, the increase is slowed down by the Hall effect eventually reaching its hydrodynamic limit.     

Dual solutions in mixed convection with variable physical properties

Assisting and opposing flows in a mixed convection boundary layer flow over an isothermal vertical plate are studied for the case of variable physical properties and uniform free stream. Fluid viscosity and thermal conductivity are assumed to be linear functions of temperature. Using local similarity the flow and heat transfer quantities are found to be functions of four parameters, i.e. Richardson number, Prandtl number, a viscosity variation parameter and a thermal conductivity variation parameter. Numerical solutions are obtained by two methods, a shooting technique and Nachtsheim-Swigert technique, for selected values of parameters appropriate for the fluids considered and specific temperatures of the plate and ambient fluid. For assisting flows, there exist solutions for all values of Richardson number while for opposing flows solutions exist only for a finite set of its values and, in addition, there also exist dual solutions. Important flow and heat transfer quantities of practical interest are determined and the influence of different parameters is discussed.     

Nonlocal maximum principles for active scalars

Active scalars appear in many problems of fluid dynamics. The most common examples of active scalar equations are 2D Euler, Burgers, and 2D surface quasi-geostrophic equations. Many questions about regularity and properties of solutions of these equations remain open. We develop the idea of nonlocal maximum principle introduced in Kiselev, Nazarov and Volberg (2007) [19], formulating a more general criterion and providing new applications. The most interesting application is finite time regularization of weak solutions in the supercritical regime.