Actuator Fault Diagnosis for a Class of One-Dimensional Nonlinear Heat Equations via Backstepping Method

In this paper, an actuator fault diagnosis scheme based on the backstepping method is proposed for a class of nonlinear heat equations. The fault diagnosis scheme includes fault detection, fault estimation and time to failure (TTF) prediction. Firstly, we achieve fault detection by comparing the detection residual with a predetermined threshold, where the detection residual is defined as the difference between the observer output and the system measurement output. Then, we estimate the fault function through the fault parameter update law and calculate the TTF using only limited measurements. Finally, the numerical simulation is performed on a nonlinear heat equation to verify the effectiveness of the proposed fault diagnosis scheme.

Functional Separable Solutions of Nonlinear Heat Equations in Non-Newtonian Fluids

We study the functional separation of variables to the nonlinear heat equation： ut = （A（x）D（u）ux^n）x＋ B（x）Q（u）, Ax≠0. Such equation arises from non-Newtonian fluids. Its functional separation of variables is studied by using the group foliation method. A classification of the equation which admits the functional separable solutions is performed. As a consequence, some solutions to the resulting equations are obtained.

Blow-up and global existence for the heat equation with nonlinear absorption-diffusion

This paper deals with blow-up of positive solution of the nonlinear heat equation with absorption subject to a nonlinear boundary condition.The conditions under which the solutions may exist globally or blow-up are obtained by the comparison principles.

Numerical Blow-up for a Nonlinear Heat Equation

This paper concerns the study of the numerical approximation for the following initialboundary value problem{ut-uzx=f（u）,t∈（0,1）,t∈（0,T） u（0,t）=0,t∈（0,1）,t∈（0,T） u（x,0）=u0（x）,x∈（0,1）where f（s） is a positive, increasing, C1 convex function for the nonnegative values of s, f（0） 〉0, f∞ds/f（s） 〈∞, u0∈C1（[0, 1]）, u0（0） = 0, u＇0（1）=0. We find some conditions under which the solution of a semidiscrete form of the above problem blows up in a finite time and estimate its semidiserete blow-up time. We also prove the convergence of the semidiscrete blow-up time to the theoretical one. A similar study has been also undertaken for a discrete form of the above problem. Finally, we give some numerical results to illustrate our analysis.

Gradient Estimates for a Nonlinear Heat Equation Under Finsler-geometric Flow

This paper considers a compact Finsler manifold(Mn,F(t),m)evolving under a Finsler-geometric flow and establishes global gradient estimates for positive solutions of the following nonlinear heat equation(a)tu(x,t)=△mu(x,t),(x,t)∈M×[0,T],where△m is the Finsler-Laplacian.By integrating the gradient estimates,we derive the corresponding Harnack inequalities.Our results generalize and correct the work of S.Lakzian,who established similar results for the Finsler-Ricci flow.Our results are also natural extension of similar results on Riemannian-geometric flow,previously studied by J.Sun.Finally,we give an application to the Finsler-Yamabe flow.

EQ^(rot)_1 Nonconforming Finite Element Method for Nonlinear Dual Phase Lagging Heat Conduction Equations

EQrot nonconforming finite element approximation to a class of nonlinear dual phase lagging heat conduction equations is discussed for semi-discrete and fully-discrete schemes. By use of a special property, that is, the consistency error of this element is of order O（h2） one order higher than its interpolation error O（h）, the superclose results of order O（h2） in broken Hi-norm are obtained. At the same time, the global superconvergence in broken Hi-norm is deduced by interpolation postprocessing technique. Moreover, the extrapolation result with order O（h4） is derived by constructing a new interpolation postprocessing operator and extrapolation scheme based on the known asymptotic expansion formulas of EQrot element. Finally, optimal error estimate is gained for a proposed fully-discrete scheme by different approaches from the previous literature.