A class of fully third-order accurate projection methods for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, a fully third-order accurate projection method for solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is proposed. To construct the scheme, a continuous projection procedure is firstly presented. We then derive a sufficient condition for the continuous projection equations to be temporally third-order accurate approximations of the original Navier-Stokes equations by means of the localtruncation-error-analysis technique. The continuous projection equations are discretized temporally and spatially to third-order accuracy on the staggered grids, resulting in a fully third-order discrete projection scheme. The possibility to design higher-order projection methods is thus demonstrated in the present paper. A heuristic stability analysis is performed on this projection method showing the probability of its being stable. The stability of the present scheme is further verified through numerical tests. The third-order accuracy of the present projection method is validated by several numerical test cases.

Fractional Breaking Soliton Equation Reduced from a Linear Spectral Problem Associated with Fractional Self-Dual Yang-Mills Equations

Fractional or fractal calculus is everywhere and very important.It is reported that the fractal approach is suitable for insight into the effect of porous structure on thermo-properties of cloth.A novel local fractional breaking soliton equation is derived from the reduction of the linear spectral problem associated with the local fractional non-isospectral self-dual Yang-Mills equations.More specifically,the employed linear spectral problem is first reduced to the(2+1)-dimensional local fractional zero-curvature equation through variable transformations.Based on the reduced local fractional zero-curvature equation,the fractional breaking soliton equation is then constructed by the method of undetermined coefficients.This paper shows that some other local fractional models can be obtained by generalizing the existing methods of generating nonlinear partial differential equations with integer orders.

Improved allometric equations for tree aboveground biomass estimation in tropical dipterocarp forests of Kalimantan,Indonesia

Background： Currently, the common and feasible way to estimate the most accurate forest biomass requires ground measurements and allometric models.Previous studies have been conducted on allometric equations development for estimating tree aboveground biomass（AGB） of tropical dipterocarp forests（TDFs） in Kalimantan（Indonesian Borneo）.However, before the use of existing equations, a validation for the selection of the best allometric equation is required to assess the model bias and precision.This study aims at evaluating the validity of local and pantropical equations; developing new allometric equations for estimating tree AGB in TDFs of Kalimantan; and validating the new equations using independent datasets.Methods： We used 108 tree samples from destructive sampling to develop the allometric equations, with maximum tree diameter of 175 cm and another 109 samples from previous studies for validating our equations.We performed ordinary least squares linear regression to explore the relationship between the AGB and the predictor variables in the natural logarithmic form.Results： This study found that most of the existing local equations tended to be biased and imprecise, with mean relative error and mean absolute relative error more than 0.1 and 0.3, respectively.We developed new allometric equations for tree AGB estimation in the TDFs of Kalimantan.Through a validation using an independent dataset,we found that our equations were reliable in estimating tree AGB in TDF.The pantropical equation, which includes tree diameter, wood density and total height as predictor variables performed only slightly worse than our new models.Conclusions： Our equations improve the precision and reduce the bias of AGB estimates of TDFs.Local models developed from small samples tend to systematically bias.A validation of existing AGB models is essential before the use of the models.

Local Solution of Three-Dimensional Axisymmetric Supersonic Flow in a Nozzle

In this paper, we construct a local supersonic flow in a 3-dimensional axis-symmetry nozzle when a uniform supersonic flow inserts the throat. We apply the local existence theory of boundary value problem for quasilinear hyperbolic system to solve this problem. The boundary value condition is set in particular to guarantee the character number condition. By this trick, the theory in quasilinear hyperbolic system can be employed to a large range of the boundary value problem.

A STUDY ON THE WEIGHT FUNCTION OF THE MOVING LEAST SQUARE APPROXIMATION IN THE LOCAL BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD

The meshless method is a new numerical technique presented in recent years.It uses the moving least square(MLS)approximation as a shape function.The smoothness of the MLS approximation is determined by that of the basic function and of the weight function,and is mainly determined by that of the weight function.Therefore,the weight function greatly affects the accuracy of results obtained.Different kinds of weight functions,such as the spline function, the Gauss function and so on,are proposed recently by many researchers.In the present work,the features of various weight functions are illustrated through solving elasto-static problems using the local boundary integral equation method.The effect of various weight functions on the accuracy, convergence and stability of results obtained is also discussed.Examples show that the weight function proposed by Zhou Weiyuan and Gauss and the quartic spline weight function are better than the others if parameters c and α in Gauss and exponential weight functions are in the range of reasonable values,respectively,and the higher the smoothness of the weight function,the better the features of the solutions.

RESEARCH ON THE COMPANION SOLUTION FOR A THIN PLATE IN THE MESHLESS LOCAL BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD

The meshless local boundary integral equation method is a currently developed numerical method, which combines the advantageous features of Galerkin finite element method(GFEM), boundary element method(BEM) and element free Galerkin method(EFGM), and is a truly meshless method possessing wide prospects in engineering applications. The companion solution and all the other formulas required in the meshless local boundary integral equation for a thin plate were presented, in order to make this method apply to solve the thin plate problem.

Localized waves in three-component coupled nonlinear Schrdinger equation

We study the generalized Darboux transformation to the three-component coupled nonlinear Schr ¨odinger equation.First-and second-order localized waves are obtained by this technique.In first-order localized wave,we get the interactional solutions between first-order rogue wave and one-dark,one-bright soliton respectively.Meanwhile,the interactional solutions between one-breather and first-order rogue wave are also given.In second-order localized wave,one-dark-one-bright soliton together with second-order rogue wave is presented in the first component,and two-bright soliton together with second-order rogue wave are gained respectively in the other two components.Besides,we observe second-order rogue wave together with one-breather in three components.Moreover,by increasing the absolute values of two free parameters,the nonlinear waves merge with each other distinctly.These results further reveal the interesting dynamic structures of localized waves in the three-component coupled system.

Improved non-singular local boundary integral equation method

When the source nodes are on the global boundary in the implementation of local boundary integral equation method （LBIEM）, singularities in the local boundary integrals need to be treated specially. In the current paper, local integral equations are adopted for the nodes inside the domain and moving least square approximation （MLSA） for the nodes on the global boundary, thus singularities will not occur in the new al- gorithm. At the same time, approximation errors of boundary integrals are reduced significantly. As applications and numerical tests, Laplace equation and Helmholtz equation problems are considered and excellent numerical results are obtained. Furthermore, when solving the Helmholtz problems, the modified basis functions with wave solutions are adapted to replace the usually-used monomial basis functions. Numerical results show that this treatment is simple and effective and its application is promising in solutions for the wave propagation problem with high wave number.

A MESHLESS METHOD OF A THIN PLATE

A meshless approach to analysis of arbitrary Kirechhoff plates bythe local boundary integral equation (LBIF) method is presented. Themethod combines the advantageous features of all the three meth- ods:the Galerkin finite element method (GFEM), the boundary elementmethod (BEM) and the element- free Galerkin method (EFGM). It is atruly meshless method, which means that the discretization is inde-pendent of geometric subdivision into elements or cells, but is onlyboundary integration, however over a local boundary cen- tered) overa domain in question.

LOCAL ONE-DIMENSIONAL ASE-I SCHEME FOR 2D DIFFUSION EQUATION

A local alternating segment explicit - implicit method for the solution of 2D diffusion equations is presented in this paper .The method is unconditionally stable and has the obvious property of parallelism. Some numerical experiments show the method is not only simple but also more accurate.

Local solvability of the k-Hessian equations

We give a classification of second-order polynomial solutions for the homogeneous k-Hessian equation σ_k[u] = 0. There are only two classes of polynomial solutions: One is convex polynomial; another one must not be(k + 1)-convex, and in the second case, the k-Hessian equations are uniformly elliptic with respect to that solution. Based on this classification, we obtain the existence of C∞local solution for nonhomogeneous term f without sign assumptions.

Global Well-posedness for 3D Generalized Navier-Stokes-Boussinesq Equations

In this paper,we study the Cauchy problem for the 3D generalized Navier-Stokes-Boussinesq equations with fractional diffusion：{ut＋（u·▽）u＋v∧^2αu=-▽p＋θe3,e3=（0,0,1）^T,θt＋（u·▽）θ=0,Dicu=0. With the help of the smoothing effect of the fractional diffusion operator and a logarithmic estimate,we prove the global well-posedness for this system with α≥5/4.Moreover,the uniqueness and continuity of the solution with weaker initial data is based on Fourier localization technique.Our results extend ones on the 3D Navier-Stokes equations with fractional diffusion.

GLOBAL BLOW-UP FOR A LOCALIZED DEGENERATE AND SINGULAR PARABOLIC EQUATION WITH WEIGHTED NONLOCAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

This paper deals with the blow-up properties of positive solutions to a localized degenerate and singular parabolic equation with weighted nonlocal boundary condi- tions. Under appropriate hypotheses, the global existence and finite time blow-up of positive solutions are obtained. Furthermore, the global blow-up behavior and the uniform blow-up profile of blow-up solutions are also described. We find that the blow-up set is the whole domain {0, a}, including the boundaries, and this differs from parabolic equations with local sources case or with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions case.

Perturbative Treatment for Stationary State of Local Master Equation

The local approach to construct master equation for a composite open system with a weak internal coupling is simple and seems reasonable. However, it is thermodynamic consistent only when the subsystems are resonantly coupled. Efforts are being made to understand the inconsistency and test the validity of the local master equation. We present a perturbative method to solve the steady-state solutions of linear local master equations, which are demonstrated by two simple models. The solving process shows the stationary state as the result of competition between incoherent operations and the unitary creating quantum coherence, and consequently relate quantum coherence with thermodynamic consistency.

Convergent Overdetermined-RBF-MLPG for Solving Second Order Elliptic PDEs

This paper deals with the solvability and the convergence of a class of unsymmetric Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin(MLPG)method with radial basis function(RBF)kernels generated trial spaces.Local weak-form testings are done with stepfunctions.It is proved that subject to sufficiently many appropriate testings,solvability of the unsymmetric RBF-MLPG resultant systems can be guaranteed.Moreover,an error analysis shows that this numerical approximation converges at the same rate as found in RBF interpolation.Numerical results(in double precision)give good agreement with the provided theory.

Mixtures of Semiparametric Varying Coefficient Models for Longitudinal Data with Nonignorable Dropout

Informative dropout often arise in longitudinal data. In this paper we propose a mixture model in which the responses follow a semiparametric varying coefficient random effects model and some of the regression coefficients depend on the dropout time in a non-parametric way. The local linear version of the profile-kernel method is used to estimate the parameters of the model. The proposed estimators are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal, and the finite performance of the estimators is evaluated by numerical simulation.

Local well-posedness of a multidimensional shock wave for the steady supersonic isothermal flow

In this paper, we prove the local existence, uniqueness and stability of a supersonic shock for the supersonic isothermal incoming flow past a curved cone. Major difficulties include constructing an appropriate solution and treatincg the Neumann boundary conditions and local stability condition.