The Regularity of Solutions to Mixed Boundary Value Problems of Second-Order Elliptic Equations with Small Angles

This paper considers the regularity of solutions to mixed boundary value problems in small-angle regions for elliptic equations. By constructing a specific barrier function, we proved that under the assumption of sufficient regularity of boundary conditions and coefficients, as long as the angle is sufficiently small, the regularity of the solution to the mixed boundary value problem of the second-order elliptic equation can reach any order.

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.

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.

ANALYSIS FOR A FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM MODELING TUMOR THERAPY

This paper is devoted to studying a free boundary problem modeling the effects of drug resistance and vasculature on the response of solid tumors to therapy.The model consists of a system of partial differential equations governing intra-tumoral drug concentration and cancer cell density.By applying the Lp theory of parabolic equations and the Banach fixed point theorem,it is proved that this problem has a unique global classical solution.

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.

Free Boundary Problems in the Steel Industry

This paper considers two novel free boundary problems that emerge from modelling processes basic to steel manufacture. The first process concerns the spray cooling of hot steel sheet during the process of continuous casting. Here, an important practical consideration is the non-monotonicity of the measured heat transfer from the steel as a function of the steel temperature. In order to understand this phenomenon, a two-phase flow model is written down for the heating and vapourisation of the water spray. This model relies on a microscale analysis of droplet vapourisation and, in a steady state, it reduces to a coupled system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations for the spray temperature and water content. This system predicts the conditions for the existence or otherwise of a free boundary separating the two-phase region from a dry vapour layer close to the steel plate.The thickness of this vapour layer is determined by the solution of a generalised Stefan problem. The second process concerns the macroscopic modelling of pig .iron production in blast furnaces. In the simplest scenario, the blast furnace may be roughly divided into a porous solid region overlaying a hot high pressure gaseous zone. The gas reacts with the solid in a thin "intermediate region" at the base of the solid region and it is in this intermediate region that the pig iron is produced. A free boundary model is proposed for the location of the intermediate region and its stability is investigated.

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.

Analytic Regularity for a Singularly Perturbed Reaction-Convection-Diffusion Boundary Value Problem with Two Small Parameters

We consider a second order,two-point,singularly perturbed boundary value problem,of reaction-convection-diffusion type with two small parameters,and we obtain analytic regularity results for its solution,under the assumption of analytic input data.First,we establish classical differentiability bounds that are explicit in the order of differentiation and the singular perturbation parameters.Next,for small values of these parameters we show that the solution can be decomposed into a smooth part,boundary layers at the two endpoints,and a negligible remainder.Derivative estimates are obtained for each component of the solution,which again are explicit in the differentiation order and the singular perturbation parameters.

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.

Global Existence for a Parabolic-hyperbolic Free Boundary Problem Modelling Tumor Growth

In this paper we study a free boundary problem modelling tumor growth, proposed by A. Friedman in 2004. This free boundary problem involves a nonlinear second-order parabolic equation describing the diffusion of nutrient in the tumor, and three nonlinear first-order hyperbolic equations describing the evolution of proliferative cells, quiescent cells and dead cells, respectively. By applying Lp theory of parabolic equations, the characteristic theory of hyperbolic equations, and the Banach fixed point theorem, we prove that this problem has a unique global classical solution.

Analysis of a Free Boundary Problem Modeling Tumor Growth

In this paper, we study a free boundary problem arising from the modeling of tumor growth. The problem comprises two unknown functions： R = R（t）, the radius of the tumor, and u = u（r, t）, the concentration of nutrient in the tumor. The function u satisfies a nonlinear reaction diffusion equation in the region 0 〈 r 〈 R（t）, t 〉 0, and the function R satisfies a nonlinear integrodifferential equation containing u. Under some general conditions, we establish global existence of transient solutions, unique existence of a stationary solution, and convergence of transient solutions toward the stationary solution as t →∞.

Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of a Free Boundary Problem Modeling Multi-layer Tumor Growth in Presence of Inhibitor

In this paper we study well-posedness and asymptotic behavior of solution of a free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors under the action of an external inhibitor. We first prove that this problem is locally well-posed i[n little H61der spaces. Next we investigate asymptotic behavior of the solution. By computing the spectrum of the linearized problem and using the linearized stability theorem, we give the rigorous analysis of stability and instability of all stationary fiat solutions under the non-fiat perturbations. The method used in proving these results is first to reduce the free boundary problem to a differential equation in a Banach space, and next use the abstract well-posedness and geometric theory for parabolic differential equations in Banach spaces to make the analysis.

Free Boundary Problem for a Viscous Compressible Flow Associated with Oxidation of Silicon

This paper is concerned with a free boundary problem describing the oxidation process of silicon. Its mathematical model is a compressible Navier-Stokes equations coupling a parabolic equation and a hyperbolic one. Surface tension is involved at the free boundary and density equation is non-homogeneous. It is proved that for arbitrary data satisfying only natural consistency conditions the problem is uniquely solvable on some finite time interval.

Global Existence and Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to a Free Boundary Problem for the 1D Viscous Radiative and Reactive Gas

In this paper, we study a free boundary problem for the 1D viscous radiative and reactive gas. We prove that for any large initial data, the problem admits a unique global generalized solution. Meanwhile, we obtain the time-asymptotic behavior of the global solutions. Our results improve and generalize the previous work.

Well-posedness and Stability for an Elliptic-parabolic Free Boundary Problem Modeling the Growth of Multi-layer Tumors

In this paper we study a free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors. This free boundary problem contains one parabolic equation and one elliptic equation, defined on an unbounded domain in R2 of the form 0 〈 y 〈p（x,t）, where p（x,t） is an unknown function. Unlike previous works on this tumor model where unknown functions are assumed to be periodic and only elliptic equations are evolved in the model, in this paper we consider the case where unknown functions are not periodic functions and both elliptic and parabolic equations appear in the model. It turns out that this problem is more difficult to analyze rigorously. We first prove that this problem is locally well-posed in little H61der spaces. Next we investigate asymptotic behavior of the solution. By using the principle of linearized stability, we prove that if the surface tension coefficient y is larger than a threshold value y〉0, then the unique flat equilibrium is asymptotically stable provided that the constant c representing the ratio between the nutrient diffusion time and the tumor-cell doubling time is sufficiently small.

Analysis of a Free Boundary Problem Modeling Multi- Layer Tumor Growth in Presence of Inhibitor

In this paper we study well-posedness and asymptotic behavior of solution of a free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors under the action of an external inhibitor. We first prove that this problem is locally well-posed in little Holder spaces. Next we investigate asymptotic behavior of the solution. By making delicate analysis of spectrum of the linearization of the stationary free boundary problem and using the linearized stability theorem, we prove that if the surface tension coefficient γ is larger than γ^＊ 〉 0 the fiat stationary solution is asymptotically stable provided that the constant c representing the ratio between the nutrient diffusion time and the tumor-cell doubling time is sufficient small.

WELL-POSEDNESS OF A FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN THE LIMIT OF SLOW-DIFFUSION FAST-REACTION SYSTEMS

We consider a free boundary problem obtained from the asymptoticlimit of a FitzHugh-Nagumo system, or more precisely, a slow-diffusion, fast-reaction equation governing a phase indicator, coupled with an ordinary differential equation governing a control variable v. In the range （-1, 1）, the v value controls the speed of the propagation of phase boundaries （interfaces） and in the mean time changes with dynamics depending on the phases. A new feature included in our formulation and thus made our model different from most of the contemporary ones is the nucleation phenomenon： a phase switch occurs whenever v elevates to 1 or drops to -1. For this free boundary problem, we provide a weak formulation which allows the propagation, annihilation, and nucleation of interfaces, and excludes interfaces from having （spacetime） interior points. We study, in the one space dimension setting, the existence, uniqueness, and non-uniqueness of weak solutions. A few illustrating examples are also included.

On Free Boundary Problem for the Non-Newtonian Shear Thickening Fluids

The aim of this paper is to explore the free boundary problem for the NonNewtonian shear thickening fluids.These fluids not only have vacuum,but also have strong nonlinear properties.In this paper,a class of approximate solutions is first constructed,and some uniform estimates are obtained for these approximate solutions.Finally,the existence of free boundary problem solutions is proved by these uniform estimates.

A FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM OF TYPE-I SUPERCONDUCTIVITY

In this paper we consider a free boundary problem of superconductivity. Under isothermal conditions, a superconductor material of Type I will develop two phases separated by a sharp interfaCe Γ(t). In the normal conducting phase the magnetic field H is divergence free and satisfies the heat equation, whereas on the interfaCe Γ(t), curl H×n=-VnH, where n is the normal of Γ(t) and Vn is the velocity of Γ(t) in the direction of 6i further, |H|=Hc (constant) on Γ(t). Here our result consists of two parts: the first part is for the fixed boundary problem in 3-dimensional case with curl boundary condition, which has a unique global classical solution; the second part is for the free boundary problem in 2-dimensional case, a unique classical solution locally in time is established by Newton's iteration method.