CONVEXITY OF THE FREE BOUNDARY FOR AN AXISYMMETRIC INCOMPRESSIBLE IMPINGING JET

This paper is devoted to the study of the shape of the free boundary for a threedimensional axisymmetric incompressible impinging jet.To be more precise,we will show that the free boundary is convex to the fluid,provided that the uneven ground is concave to the fluid.

Exponential Time Differencing Method for a Reaction-Diffusion System with Free Boundary

For reaction-diffusion equations in irregular domains with moving boundaries,the numerical stability constraints from the reaction and diffusion terms often require very restricted time step sizes,while complex geometries may lead to difficulties in the accuracy when discretizing the high-order derivatives on grid points near the boundary.It is very challenging to design numerical methods that can efficiently and accurately handle both difficulties.Applying an implicit scheme may be able to remove the stability constraints on the time step,however,it usually requires solving a large global system of nonlinear equations for each time step,and the computational cost could be significant.Integration factor(IF)or exponential time differencing(ETD)methods are one of the popular methods for temporal partial differential equations(PDEs)among many other methods.In our paper,we couple ETD methods with an embedded boundary method to solve a system of reaction-diffusion equations with complex geometries.In particular,we rewrite all ETD schemes into a linear combination of specificФ-functions and apply one state-of-the-art algorithm to compute the matrix-vector multiplications,which offers significant computational advantages with adaptive Krylov subspaces.In addition,we extend this method by incorporating the level set method to solve the free boundary problem.The accuracy,stability,and efficiency of the developed method are demonstrated by numerical examples.

Two-Dimensional Riemann Problems:Transonic Shock Waves and Free Boundary Problems

We are concerned with global solutions of multidimensional(M-D)Riemann problems for nonlinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws,focusing on their global configurations and structures.We present some recent developments in the rigorous analysis of two-dimensional(2-D)Riemann problems involving transonic shock waves through several prototypes of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws and discuss some further M-D Riemann problems and related problems for nonlinear partial differential equations.In particular,we present four different 2-D Riemann problems through these prototypes of hyperbolic systems and show how these Riemann problems can be reformulated/solved as free boundary problems with transonic shock waves as free boundaries for the corresponding nonlinear conservation laws of mixed elliptic-hyperbolic type and related nonlinear partial differential equations.

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS TOWARD THE SUPERPOSITION OF CONTACT DISCONTINUITY AND SHOCK WAVE FOR COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS WITH FREE BOUNDARY

A free boundary problem for the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations is investigated. The asymptotic behavior of solutions toward the superposition of contact discontinuity and shock wave is established under some smallness conditions. To do this, we first construct a new viscous contact wave such that the momentum equation is satisfied exactly and then determine the shift of the viscous shock wave. By using them together with an inequality concerning the heat kernel in the half space, we obtain the desired a priori estimates. The proof is based on the elementary energy method by the anti-derivative argument.

GLOBAL STABILITY OF WAVE PATTERNS FOR COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES SYSTEM WITH FREE BOUNDARY

In this article, we investigate the global stability of the wave patterns with the superposition of viscous contact wave and rarefaction wave for the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations with a free boundary. It is shown that for the ideal polytropic gas, the superposition of the viscous contact wave with rarefaction wave is nonlinearly stable for the free boundary problem under the large initial perturbations for any γ 〉 1 with V being the adiabatic exponent provided that the wave strength is suitably small.

LOCAL EXISTENCE OF SOLUTION TO FREE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

This paper is concerned with the free boundary value problem for multidimensional Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity where the flow density vanishes continuously across the free boundary. Local （in time） existence of a weak solution is established; in particular, the density is positive and the solution is regular away from the free boundary.

FREE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF ONE DIMENSIONAL TWO-PHASE LIQUID-GAS MODEL

In this paper, we study a free boundary value problem for two-phase liquid- gas model with mass-dependent viscosity coefficient when both the initial liquid and gas masses connect to vacuum continuously. The gas is assumed to be polytropic whereas the liquid is treated as an incompressible fluid. We give the proof of the global existence and uniqueness of weak solutions whenβ∈ （0, 1）, which have improved the result of Evje and Karlsen, and we obtain the regularity of the solutions by energy method.

GLOBAL SOLUTION TO 1D MODEL OF A COMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS MICROPOLAR HEAT-CONDUCTING FLUID WITH A FREE BOUNDARY

In this paper we consider the nonstationary 1D flow of the compressible viscous and heat-conducting micropolar fluid, assuming that it is in the thermodynamically sense perfect and polytropic. The fluid is between a static solid wall and a free boundary connected to a vacuum state. We take the homogeneous boundary conditions for velocity, microrotation and heat flux on the solid border and that the normal stress, heat flux and microrotation are equal to zero on the free boundary. The proof of the global existence of the solution is based on a limit procedure. We define the finite difference approximate equations system and construct the sequence of approximate solutions that converges to the solution of our problem globally in time.

A BLOW-UP CRITERION OF SPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC STRONG SOLUTIONS TO 3D COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS WITH FREE BOUNDARY

In this article, we consider the free boundary value problem of 3D isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations. A blow-up criterion in terms of the maximum norm of gradients of velocity is obtained for the spherically symmetric strong solution in terms of the regularity estimates near the symmetric center and the free boundary respectively.

THE REGULARITY OF THE FREE BOUNDARY FOR STRIKE RESET OPTION

A strike reset option is an option that allows its holder to reset the strike price to the prevailing underlying asset price at a moment chosen by the holder. The pricing model of the option can be formulated as a parabolic variational inequality and the optimal reset strategy is the free boundary. The smoothness of the free boundary in some cases was showed in our article published in JDE. We would prove its smoothness in the other case in this paper by a generalized comparison principle for the variational inequality.

FREE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR THE CYLINDRICALLY SYMMETRIC COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS WITH DENSITY-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY

In this paper, we investigate the free boundary value problem （FBVP） for the cylindrically symmetric isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations （CNS） with density- dependent viscosity coefficients in the case that across the free surface stress tensor is balanced by a constant exterior pressure. Under certain assumptions imposed on the initial data, we prove that there exists a unique global strong solution which tends pointwise to a non-vacuum equilibrium state at an exponential time-rate as the time tends to infinity.

Free boundary value problems for a class of generalized diffusion equation

The transport behavior of free boundary value problems for a class ofgeneralized diffusion equations was studied. Suitable similarity transformations were used toconvert the problems into a class of singular nonlinear two-point boundary value problems andsimilarity solutions were numerical presented for different representations of heat conductionfunction, convection function, heat flux function, and power law parameters by utilizing theshooting technique. The results revealed the flux transfer mechanism and the character as well asthe effects of parameters on the solutions.

LOCAL CLASSICAL SOLUTION OF FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM FOR A COUPLED SYSTEM

This paper considers a two-phase free boundary problem for coupled system including one parabolic equation and two elliptic equations. The problem comes from the discussion of a growth model of self-maintaining protocell in multidimensional case. The local classical solution of the problem with free boundary (?) y = g(x,t) between two domains is being seeked. The local existence and uniqueness of the problem will be proved in multidimensional case.

Reconstructing the Time-Dependent Thermal Coefcient in 2D Free Boundary Problems

The inverse problem of reconstructing the time-dependent thermal conductivity and free boundary coefcients along with the temperature in a two-dimensional parabolic equation with initial and boundary conditions and additional measurements is,for the rst time,numerically investigated.This inverse problem appears extensively in the modelling of various phenomena in engineering and physics.For instance,steel annealing,vacuum-arc welding,fusion welding,continuous casting,metallurgy,aircraft,oil and gas production during drilling and operation of wells.From literature we already know that this inverse problem has a unique solution.However,the problem is still ill-posed by being unstable to noise in the input data.For the numerical realization,we apply the alternating direction explicit method along with the Tikhonov regularization to nd a stable and accurate numerical solution of nite differences.The root mean square error(rmse)values for various noise levels p for both smooth and non-smooth continuous time-dependent coef-cients Examples are compared.The resulting nonlinear minimization problem is solved numerically using the MATLAB subroutine lsqnonlin.Both exact and numerically simulated noisy input data are inverted.Numerical results presented for two examples show the efciency of the computational method and the accuracy and stability of the numerical solution even in the presence of noise in the input data.

MONOTONICITY FORMULAS FOR PARABOLIC FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEMS ON CONES

Monotonicity formulas play a central role in the study of free boundary problems.In this note,we develop a Weiss-type monotonicity formula for solutions to parabolic free boundary problems on metric measure cones.

GLOBAL CLASSICAL SOLUTION OF FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM FOR A COUPLED SYSTEM

A two phase free boundary problem for coupled system including three elliptic equations is considered.The problem comes from the discussion of a growth model of self maintaining protocell in multidimensional case.The global classical solution of the problem with free boundary Γ∶y=g(x,t) between two domains is under search.The global existence and uniqueness of a quasi-stationary problem are proved in multidimensional case.

REGULARITY OF THE FREE BOUNDARY IN ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING PROBLEM

The 'hole-boring problem'in ECM is considered.It is shown that after a finite period of time the free boundary becomes smooth in space variables and Holder continuous in time variable without imposing specific geometric assumption on the initial and boundary data.

SOLVING THE FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN CONTINUOUS CASTING BY USING BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD

In this paper. the authors solve the free boundary problem (FBP) in continuouscasiing by using boundary element method (BEM). First, we simplify the generalmathematical model for continuous casting to a practicable model, and give theboundary integral equations with partial unknown boundary for this model, anddescribe in detail the steps of calculating this FBP by using the BEM. Next, wepresent the result of our numerical experiments, and discuss the stability, convergenceand applicaiion of our method. At last. we simplify the former model so that it has ananalytic solution. and we compare its numerical solution resulted from our method withits analytic solution.

Bifurcation Analysis for a Free Boundary Problem Modeling Growth of Solid Tumor with Inhibitors

This paper is concerned with the bifurcation analysis for a free boundary problem modeling the growth of solid tumor with inhibitors.In this problem,surface tension coefficient plays the role of bifurcation parameter,it is proved that there exists a sequence of the nonradially stationary solutions bifurcate from the radially symmetric stationary solutions.Our results indicate that the tumor grown in vivo may have various shapes.In particular,a tumor with an inhibitor is associated with the growth of protrusions.

GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO 1D COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES/ALLEN-CAHN SYSTEM WITH DENSITY-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY AND FREE-BOUNDARY

This paper is concerned with the Navier-Stokes/Allen-Cahn system,which is used to model the dynamics of immiscible two-phase flows.We consider a 1D free boundary problem and assume that the viscosity coefficient depends on the density in the form ofη(ρ)=ρ^(α).The existence of unique global H^(2m)-solutions(m∈N)to the free boundary problem is proven for when 0<α<1/4.Furthermore,we obtain the global C^(∞)-solutions if the initial data is smooth.