Euler’s First-Order Explicit Method–Peridynamic Differential Operator for Solving Population Balance Equations of the Crystallization Process

Using Euler’s first-order explicit(EE)method and the peridynamic differential operator(PDDO)to discretize the time and internal crystal-size derivatives,respectively,the Euler’s first-order explicit method–peridynamic differential operator(EE–PDDO)was obtained for solving the one-dimensional population balance equation in crystallization.Four different conditions during crystallization were studied:size-independent growth,sizedependent growth in a batch process,nucleation and size-independent growth,and nucleation and size-dependent growth in a continuous process.The high accuracy of the EE–PDDO method was confirmed by comparing it with the numerical results obtained using the second-order upwind and HR-van methods.The method is characterized by non-oscillation and high accuracy,especially in the discontinuous and sharp crystal size distribution.The stability of the EE–PDDO method,choice of weight function in the PDDO method,and optimal time step are also discussed.

THE RIEMANN PROBLEM FOR ISENTROPIC COMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS WITH DISCONTINUOUS FLUX

We consider the singular Riemann problem for the rectilinear isentropic compressible Euler equations with discontinuous flux,more specifically,for pressureless flow on the left and polytropic flow on the right separated by a discontinuity x=x(t).We prove that this problem admits global Radon measure solutions for all kinds of initial data.The over-compressing condition on the discontinuity x=x(t)is not enough to ensure the uniqueness of the solution.However,there is a unique piecewise smooth solution if one proposes a slip condition on the right-side of the curve x=x(t)+0,in addition to the full adhesion condition on its left-side.As an application,we study a free piston problem with the piston in a tube surrounded initially by uniform pressureless flow and a polytropic gas.In particular,we obtain the existence of a piecewise smooth solution for the motion of the piston between a vacuum and a polytropic gas.This indicates that the singular Riemann problem looks like a control problem in the sense that one could adjust the condition on the discontinuity of the flux to obtain the desired flow field.

MESH FREE ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING EULER EQUATIONS ON STRUCTURED GRID POINTS

A complete mesh free adaptive algorithm （MFAA）, with solution adaptation and geometric adaptation, is developed to improve the resolution of flow features and to replace traditional global refinement techniques in structured grids. Unnecessary redundant points and elements are avoided by using the mesh free local clouds refinement technology in shock influencing regions and regions near large curvature places on the boundary. Inviscid compressible flows over NACA0012 and RAE2822 airfoils are computed. Finally numerical results validate the accuracy of the above method.

HIGH RESOLUTION POSITIVITY-PRESERVING DIFFERENCE SCHEMES FOR TWO DIMENSIONAL EULER EQUATIONS

A class of high resolution positivity preserving Boltzmann type difference schemes for one and two dimensional Euler equations is studied. First, the relation between Boltzmann and Euler equations is analyzed. By using a kind of special interpolation, the high resolution Boltzmann type difference scheme is constructed. Finally, numerical tests show that the schemes are effective and useful.

On Euler’s Equationφ(x)=k

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Energy Stable Nodal DG Methods for Maxwell’s Equations of Mixed-Order Form in Nonlinear Optical Media

In this work,we develop energy stable numerical methods to simulate electromagnetic waves propagating in optical media where the media responses include the linear Lorentz dispersion,the instantaneous nonlinear cubic Kerr response,and the nonlinear delayed Raman molecular vibrational response.Unlike the first-order PDE-ODE governing equations considered previously in Bokil et al.(J Comput Phys 350:420–452,2017)and Lyu et al.(J Sci Comput 89:1–42,2021),a model of mixed-order form is adopted here that consists of the first-order PDE part for Maxwell’s equations coupled with the second-order ODE part(i.e.,the auxiliary differential equations)modeling the linear and nonlinear dispersion in the material.The main contribution is a new numerical strategy to treat the Kerr and Raman nonlinearities to achieve provable energy stability property within a second-order temporal discretization.A nodal discontinuous Galerkin(DG)method is further applied in space for efficiently handling nonlinear terms at the algebraic level,while preserving the energy stability and achieving high-order accuracy.Indeed with d_(E)as the number of the components of the electric field,only a d_(E)×d_(E)nonlinear algebraic system needs to be solved at each interpolation node,and more importantly,all these small nonlinear systems are completely decoupled over one time step,rendering very high parallel efficiency.We evaluate the proposed schemes by comparing them with the methods in Bokil et al.(2017)and Lyu et al.(2021)(implemented in nodal form)regarding the accuracy,computational efficiency,and energy stability,by a parallel scalability study,and also through the simulations of the soliton-like wave propagation in one dimension,as well as the spatial-soliton propagation and two-beam interactions modeled by the two-dimensional transverse electric(TE)mode of the equations.

Implementation of the Integrated Green’s Function Method for 3D Poisson’s Equation in a Large Aspect Ratio Computational Domain

The solution of Poisson’s Equation plays an important role in many areas, including modeling high-intensity and high-brightness beams in particle accelerators. For the computational domain with a large aspect ratio, the integrated Green’s function method has been adopted to solve the 3D Poisson equation subject to open boundary conditions. In this paper, we report on the efficient implementation of this method, which can save more than a factor of 50 computing time compared with the direct brute force implementation and its improvement under certain extreme conditions.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR FOR THE 3D COMPRESSIBLE NON–ISENTROPIC EULER EQUATIONS WITH DAMPING

We investigate the global existence and asymptotic behavior of classical solutions for the 3D compressible non-isentropic damped Euler equations on a periodic domain. The global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions are obtained when the initial data is near an equilibrium. Furthermore, the exponential convergence rates of the pressure and velocity are also proved by delicate energy methods.

UNCONDITIONAL STABLE SOLUTIONS OF THE EULER EQUATIONS FOR TWO－AND THREE－D WINGS IN ARBITRARY MOTION

The work presented here shows the unsteady inviscid results obtained for the twoand three-dimensional wings which are in rigid and flexible osciliations.The results are generated by a finite volume Euler method. It is based on theRunge- Kutta time stepping scheme developed by Jameson et al.. To increase the timestep which is limited by the stability of Runge-Kutta scheme, the implicit residualsmoothing which is modified by using variable coefficients io prerent the loss of flowphysics for the unsteady flows is engaged in the calculations. With this unconditionalstable solver the unsteady flws about the wings in arbitrary motion can be receivedefficiently.The two- and three-dimensional rectangular wings which are in rigid andflexible pitching oscillations in the transonic flow are invesigated here, some of thecomputational results are compared with the experimental data. The influence of thereduced frequency for the two kinds of the wings are researched. All the results givenin this work are reasonable.

TWO-DIMENSIONAL RIEMANN PROBLEMS:FROM SCALAR CONSERVATION LAWS TO COMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS

In this paper we survey the authors＇ and related work on two-dimensional Riemann problems for hyperbolic conservation laws, mainly those related to the compressible Euler equations in gas dynamics. It contains four sections： 1. Historical review. 2. Scalar conservation laws. 3. Euler equations. 4. Simplified models.

Derivation of a Revised Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation That Predicts Combustion Oscillations

Our study identifies a subtle deviation from Newton’s third law in the derivation of the ideal rocket equation, also known as the Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation (TRE). TRE can be derived using a 1D elastic collision model of the momentum exchange between the differential propellant mass element (dm) and the rocket final mass (m1), in which dm initially travels forward to collide with m1 and rebounds to exit through the exhaust nozzle with a velocity that is known as the effective exhaust velocity ve. We observe that such a model does not explain how dm was able to acquire its initial forward velocity without the support of a reactive mass traveling in the opposite direction. We show instead that the initial kinetic energy of dm is generated from dm itself by a process of self-combustion and expansion. In our ideal rocket with a single particle dm confined inside a hollow tube with one closed end, we show that the process of self-combustion and expansion of dm will result in a pair of differential particles each with a mass dm/2, and each traveling away from one another along the tube axis, from the center of combustion. These two identical particles represent the active and reactive sub-components of dm, co-generated in compliance with Newton’s third law of equal action and reaction. Building on this model, we derive a linear momentum ODE of the system, the solution of which yields what we call the Revised Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation (RTRE). We show that RTRE has a mathematical form that is similar to TRE, with the exception of the effective exhaust velocity (ve) term. The ve term in TRE is replaced in RTRE by the average of two distinct exhaust velocities that we refer to as fast-jet, vx1, and slow-jet, vx2. These two velocities correspond, respectively, to the velocities of the detonation pressure wave that is vectored directly towards the exhaust nozzle, and the retonation wave that is initially vectored in the direction of rocket propagation, but subsequently becomes reflected from the thrust surface of the combustion chamber to exit through the exhaust nozzle with a time lag behind the detonation wave. The detonation-retonation phenomenon is supported by experimental evidence in the published literature. Finally, we use a convolution model to simulate the composite exhaust pressure wave, highlighting the frequency spectrum of the pressure perturbations that are generated by the mutual interference between the fast-jet and slow-jet components. Our analysis offers insights into the origin of combustion oscillations in rocket engines, with possible extensions beyond rocket engineering into other fields of combustion engineering.

ON THE GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF SMOOTH SOLUTIONS TO THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL COMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS WITH TIME-DEPENDING DAMPING IN HALF SPACE

This paper is a continue work of [4, 5]. In the previous two papers, we studied the Cauchy problem of the multi-dimensional compressible Euler equations with time-depending damping term --u/（1＋t）λpu, where λ≥ 0 and μ 〉 0 are constants. We have showed that, for all λ ≥ 0 andμ 〉 0 the smooth solution to the Cauchy problem exists globally or blows up in finite time. In the present paper, instead of the Cauchy problem we consider the initial- boundary value problem in the half space R＋^d with space dimension d = 2, 3. With the help of the special structure of the equations and the fluid vorticity, we overcome the difficulty arisen from the boundary effect. We prove that there exists a global smooth solution for 0 ≤λ 〈 1 when the initial data is close to its equilibrium state. In addition, exponential decay of the fluid vorticity will also be established.

A Gridless-Finite Volume Hybrid Algorithm for Euler Equations

A fast hybrid algorithm based on gridless method coupled with finite volume method （FVM） is developed for the solution to Euler equations. Compared with pure gridless method, the efficiency of the hybrid algorithm is improved to the level of finite volume method for most parts of the flow filed arc covered with grid cells. Moreover, the hybrid method is flexible to deal with the configurations as clouds of points are used to cover the region adjacent to the bodies. Mirror satellites and mirror grid cells arc introduced to the interface to accomplish data communication between the different parts of the flow field. The Euler Equations arc spatially discretized with finite volume method and gridless method in mesh and clouds of points respectively, and an explicit four-stage Runge-Kutta scheme is utilized to reach the steady-state solution. Internal flows in channels and external flows over airfoils arc investigated with hybrid method, and the solutions arc comparad to those using pure finite volume method and pure gridless method. Numerical examples show that the hybrid algorithm captures the shock waves accurately, and it is as efficient as fmite volume method.

ON THE WELL POSEDNESS OF INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM FOR EULER EQUATIONS OF INCOMPRESSIBLE INVISCID FLUID (Ⅱ)

The solvability of the Euler equations about incompressible inviscid fluid based on the stratification theory is discussed. And the conditions for the existence of formal solutions and the methods are presented for calculating all kinds of ill-posed initial value problems. Two examples are given as the evidences that the initial problems at the hyper surface does not exist any unique solution.

Some Kind of Equations Involving Euler＇s Function

For any given positive integer n ≥ 1, the Euler function φ（n） is defined to be the number of positive integers not exceeding n which are relatively prime to n. w（n） is defined to be the number of different prime divisors of n. Some kind of equations involving Euler＇s function is studied in the paper.

The discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin method for one-dimensional compressible Euler equations in the Lagrangian coordinate

In this paper, a Petrov-Galerkin scheme named the Runge-Kutta control volume （RKCV） discontinuous finite ele- ment method is constructed to solve the one-dimensional compressible Euler equations in the Lagrangian coordinate. Its advantages include preservation of the local conservation and a high resolution. Compared with the Runge-Kutta discon- tinuous Galerkin （RKDG） method, the RKCV method is easier to implement. Moreover, the advantages of the RKCV and the Lagrangian methods are combined in the new method. Several numerical examples are given to illustrate the accuracy and the reliability of the algorithm.

SIMPLE WAVES OF THE TWO DIMENSIONAL COMPRESSIBLE FULL EULER EQUATIONS

In this paper, we establish the existence of four families of simple wave solu- tion for two dimensional compressible full Euler system in the self-similar plane. For the 2 × 2 quasilinear non-reducible hyperbolic system, there not necessarily exists any simple wave solution. We prove the result that there are simple wave solutions for this 4× 4 non- reducible hyperbolic system, its simple wave flow is covered by four straight characteristics λ0 =λ1,λA2, λ3 and the solutions keep constants along these lines. We also investigate the existence of simple wave solution for the isentropic relativistic hydrodynamic system in the self-similar plane.

High-Order Spatial FDTD Solver of Maxwell’s Equations for Terahertz Radiation Production

We applied a spatial high-order finite-difference-time-domain (HO-FDTD) scheme to solve 2D Maxwell’s equations in order to develop a fluid model employed to study the production of terahertz radiation by the filamentation of two femtosecond lasers in air plasma. We examined the performance of the applied scheme, in this context, we implemented the developed model to study selected phenomena in terahertz radiation production, such as the excitation energy and conversion efficiency of the produced THz radiation, in addition to the influence of the pulse chirping on properties of the produced radiation. The obtained numerical results have clarified that the applied HO-FDTD scheme is precisely accurate to solve Maxwell’s equations and sufficiently valid to study the production of terahertz radiation by the filamentation of two femtosecond lasers in air plasma.

Some Remarks on Euler Equations with Damping in Multi-Dimensions

We consider the Cauchy problem of Euler equations with damping. Based on the Green function and energy estimates of solutions, we improve the pointwise estimates and obtainL 1 estimate of solutions.

STABILITY OF STEADY MULTI-WAVE CONFIGURATIONS FOR THE FULL EULER EQUATIONS OF COMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW

We are concerned with the stability of steady multi-wave configurations for the full Euler equations of compressible fluid flow. In this paper, we focus on the stability of steady four-wave configurations that are the solutions of the Riemann problem in the flow direction, consisting of two shocks, one vortex sheet, and one entropy wave, which is one of the core multi-wave configurations for the two-dimensional Euler equations. It is proved that such steady four-wave configurations in supersonic flow are stable in structure globally, even under the BV perturbation of the incoming flow in the flow direction. In order to achieve this, we first formulate the problem as the Cauchy problem （initial value problem） in the flow direction, and then develop a modified Glimm difference scheme and identify a Glimm-type functional to obtain the required BV estimates by tracing the interactions not only between the strong shocks and weak waves, but also between the strong vortex sheet/entropy wave and weak waves. The key feature of the Euler equations is that the reflection coefficient is always less than 1, when a weak wave of different family interacts with the strong vortex sheet/entropy wave or the shock wave, which is crucial to guarantee that the Glimm functional is decreasing. Then these estimates are employed to establish the convergence of the approximate solutions to a global entropy solution, close to the background solution of steady four-wave configuration.