An exponential time differencing method of lines for the Burgers and the modified Burgers equations

A second–order exponential time differencing scheme using the method of lines is developed in this article for the numerical solution of the Burgers and the modified Burgers equations. For each case, the resulting nonlinear system is solved explicitly using a modified predictor‐corrector method. The efficiency of the method introduced is tested by comparing experimental results with others selected from the available literature.     

Remark on: “Exp-function method for the exact solutions of fifth order KdV equation and modified Burgers equation” [Appl. Math. Comput. (2009) doi:10.1016/j.amc.2009.07.009]

By means of the Exp-function method, Inan and Ugurlu [Appl. Math. Comput. (2009) doi:10.1016/j.amc.2009.07.009] reported eight expressions for being solutions to the two equations studied. In fact, all of them can be easily simplified to constants.     

On the Lagrangian Katz family of distributions as a claim frequency model

The Panjer (Katz) family of distributions is defined by a particular first-order recursion which is built on the basis of two parameters. It is known to characterize the Poisson, negative binomial and binomial distributions. In insurance, its main usefulness is to yield a simple recursive algorithm for the aggregate claims distribution. The present paper is concerned with the more general Lagrangian Katz family of distributions. That family satisfies an extended recursion which now depends on three parameters. To begin with, this recursion is derived through a certain first-crossing problem and two applications in risk theory are described. The distributions covered by the recursion are then identified as the generalized Poisson, generalized negative binomial and binomial distributions. A few other properties of the family are pointed out, including the index of dispersion, an extended Panjer algorithm for compound sums and the asymptotic tail behaviour. Finally, the relevance of the family is illustrated with several data sets on the frequency of car accidents.     

Explicit finite difference schemes with extended stability for advection equations

In this study an explicit central difference approximation of the generalized leap-frog type is applied to the one- and two-dimensional advection equations. The stability of the considered numerical schemes is investigated and the scheme with the largest stable time step is found. For the linear and nonlinear advection equations numerical experiments with different schemes from the considered class are performed in order to evaluate the practical stability of the designed schemes.     

An analytical approximation for coupled viscous Burgers’ equation

In this paper, the combined Laplace transform and new homotopy perturbation methods (LTNHPM) is employed to obtain the closed form solutions of the coupled Burgers equation. The results obtained are in good agreement with the exact solution. These results show that the technique introduced here is accurate and easy to apply.     

Nonlinear Analysis of an Electromagnetically Levitated Droplet

In this paper, a nonlinear dynamics analysis of the experimental data was considered to study the time evolution of an electromagnetically levitated droplet. The main goals of this work are to decide whether the motion of the droplet is deterministic and to investigate its stability. Quantities characterizing time series data such as attractor dimension or largest Lyapunov exponent were computed. The number of degrees of freedom in the system was also assessed. Data acquired from a levitation instrument developed by Space Power Institute at Auburn University was used to perform the analysis.     

Magnetosonic shock waves in dense astrophysical electron–positron–ion plasmas

Multifluid quantum magnetohydrodynamic model (QMHD) is used to investigate small but finite amplitude magnetosonic shock waves in dense) electron–positron–ion (e–p–i) plasmas. The Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers (KdVB) equation is derived by using reductive perturbation method. It is noticed that variations in the positron density modify the profile of magnetosonic shocks in dense e–p–i plasmas significantly. The numerical results are also presented by taking into account the dense plasma parameters from published literature of astrophysical conditions, in compact stars.     

Reduction of PDEs on Unbounded Domains. Application: Unsteady Water-Waves Problem

Summary. For a certain class of partial differential equations in cylindrical domains, we show that all small time-dependent solutions are described by a reduced system of equations on the real line, which contains nonlocal terms. As an application, we investigate the system describing nonlinear water waves travelling on the free surface of an inviscid fluid. Two-dimensional gravity waves are characterized by the parameter λ , the inverse square of the Froude number. For λ close to the critical value λ ₀ =1 , we obtain a reduced system of four nonlocal equations. We show that the terms of lowest order in μ=λ-1 lead to the Korteweg—de Vries equation for the lowest-order approximation of the free surface. Received February 23, 1994; final revision received October 13, 1997; accepted for publication October 16, 1997.     

Burgers方程的小波精细积分算法

求解偏微分方程的常用方法包括有限差分法、有限元法等。近年来,小波分析在偏微分方程数值求解中的应用已引起很多学者的关注,例如采用Daubechies小波或shannon小波构造的小波配置方法已经取得较好的结果。钟万勰院士提出的偏微分方程的子域精细积分方法是一种半解析方法,方法简单,精度高。将小波方法和精细积分方法相结合应用于偏微分方程的数值求解中将有利于提高算法的精度和稳定性,为此本文以Burgers方程为例,提出了一种求解一维非线性抛物型偏微分方程的小波精积分方法。该方法用拟小波配点法对空间域进行离散,建立起对时间的常微分方程组,然后采用精细时程积分方法对该方程组求解。数值计算结果表明,该方法同其它方法相比,具有计算格式简单,数值稳定性和精度较高的优点。