Upper Bound Solutions for Uplift Ultimate Bearing Capacity of Suction Caisson Foundation

Suction caisson foundation derives most of their uplift resistance from passive suction developed during the pullout movement. It was observed that the passive suction generated in soil at the bottom of the caisson and the failure mode of suction caisson foundation subjecting pullout loading behaves as a reverse compression failure mechanism.The upper bound theorems have been proved to be a powerful method to find the critical failure mechanism and critical load associated with foundations, buried caissons and other geotechnical structures. However, limited attempts have been reported to estimate the uplift bearing capacity of the suction caisson foundation using the upper bound solution. In this paper, both reverse failure mechanisms from Prandtl and Hill were adopted as the failure mechanisms for the computation of the uplift bearing capacity of the suction caisson. New equations were proposed based on both failure mechanisms to estimate the pullout capacity of the suction caisson. The proposed equations were verified by the test results and experimental data from published literature. And the two solutions agree reasonably well with the other test results. It can be proved that both failure mechanisms are reasonably and more consistent with the actual force condition.

Upper and Lower Solutions for Impulsive Differential Equations with Application to ODE

In this paper, we establish the existence of upper and lower solutions for a periodic boundary value problems (PBVP for short) of impulsive differential equations. which guarantees the existence of at least one solution for the problem. As an application, these results are applied to PBVP of ODE and some examples are given to illustrate our results.

THE INTEGRAL AS A FUNCTION OF THE UPPER LIMIT AND AN ANALYTICAL SOLUTION TO PLANE STRAIN DRAWING AND EXTRUSION

A kinematically admissible velocity field which is different from Avitzur's is established in Cartesian Coordinates. An upper-bound analytical solution to strip drawing andextrusion is obtained by using the integral as a function of the upper limit in this paper.

SOME NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THIRD ORDER SINGULAR SUBLINEAR MULTI-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

We mainly study the existence of positive solutions for the following third order singular multi-point boundary value problem{x^（3）（t） ＋ f（t, x（t）, x′（t）） = 0, 0 〈 t 〈 1,x（0）-∑i=1^m1 αi x（ξi） = 0, x′（0）-∑i=1^m2 βi x′（ηi） = 0, x′（1）=0,where 0 ≤ ai≤∑i=1^m1 αi 〈 1, i = 1, 2, ···, m1, 0 〈 ξ1〈 ξ2〈 ··· 〈 ξm1〈 1, 0 ≤βj≤∑i^m2=1βi〈1,J=1,2, ···, m2, 0 〈 η1〈 η2〈 ··· 〈 ηm2〈 1. And we obtain some necessa βi 〈=11, j = 1,ry and sufficient conditions for the existence of C^1[0, 1] and C^2[0, 1] positive solutions by constructing lower and upper solutions and by using the comparison theorem. Our nonlinearity f（t, x, y）may be singular at x, y, t = 0 and/or t = 1.

A class of singular perturbation solutions to semilinear equations of fourth order

A class of singularly perturbed boundary value problems for semilinear equations of fourth order with two parameters are considered. Under suitable conditions, using the method of lower and upper solutions, the existence and the asymptotic behavior of the solution to the boundary value problem are studied, In the present paper, the solution to the original singularly perturbed problem with two parameters has only one boundary layer.

Positive solutions of second-order differential systems with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions

This paper is to investigate the positive solutions of the systems of second-order ordinary differential equations with nonhomogeneous multi-point boundary conditions. By the lower and upper solutions method, Schauder fixed point theorem and fixed point index theory, under certain conditions, it is proved that there exist appropriate regions of parameters in which the problem has at least two, at least one or no positive solution.

Existence of Solutions to the Higher Order Nonlinear Differential Equations

This paper is concerned with the following n-th ordinary differential equation:{u～(n)(t)=f(t,u(t),u～(1)(t),···,u～(n-1) (t)),for t∈(0,1),u～(i) (0)=0,0 ≤i≤n3,au～(n-2)(0)du～(n-1)(0)=0,cu～(n-2)(1)+du～(n-1)(1)=0,where a,c ∈ R,,≥,such that a～2 + b～2 >0 and c～2+d～2>0,n ≥ 2,f:[0,1] × R → R is a continuous function.Assume that f satisfies one-sided Nagumo condition,the existence theorems of solutions of the boundary value problem for the n-th-order nonlinear differential equations above are established by using Leray-Schauder degree theory,lower and upper solutions,a priori estimate technique.

NEW EXISTENCE RESULTS OF POSITIVE SOLUTION FOR A CLASS OF NONLINEAR FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

In this article, the existence and uniqueness of positive solution for a class of nonlinear fractional differential equations is proved by constructing the upper and lower control functions of the nonlinear term without any monotone requirement. Our main method to the problem is the method of upper and lower solutions and Schauder fixed point theorem. Finally, we give an example to illuminate our results.

Face stability analysis of circular tunnels in layered rock masses using the upper bound theorem

An analysis of tunnel face stability generally assumes a single homogeneous rock mass.However,most rock tunnel projects are excavated in stratified rock masses.This paper presents a two-dimensional(2D)analytical model for estimating the face stability of a rock tunnel in the presence of rock mass stratification.The model uses the kinematical limit analysis approach combined with the block calculation technique.A virtual support force is applied to the tunnel face,and then solved using an optimization method based on the upper limit theorem of limit analysis and the nonlinear Hoek-Brown yield criterion.Several design charts are provided to analyze the effects of rock layer thickness on tunnel face stability,tunnel diameter,the arrangement sequence of weak and strong rock layers,and the variation in rock layer parameters at different positions.The results indicate that the thickness of the rock layer,tunnel diameter,and arrangement sequence of weak and strong rock layers significantly affect the tunnel face stability.Variations in the parameters of the lower layer of the tunnel face have a greater effect on tunnel stability than those of the upper layer.

ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS TO THE HEAT EQUATIONS WITH NONLINEAR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the stability and asymptotic behavior of the time-dependent solutions to a linear parabolic equation with nonlinear boundary condition in relation to their corresponding steady state solutions. Then, the above results are extended to a semilinear parabolic equation with nonlinear boundary condition by analyzing the corresponding eigenvalue problem and using the method of upper and lower solutions.

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTION OF SINGULARLY PERTURBED PROBLEM FOR A NONLINEAR SINGULAR EQUATION

The singularly perturbed initial value problem for a nonlinear singular equation is considered. By using a simple and special method the asymptotic behavior of solution is studied.

Existence of Non-trivial Nonnegative Periodic Solutions for a Nonlinear Diffusion System

In this paper, by the method of upper and lower solutions, we establish the existence of the non-trivial nonnegative periodic solutions for a class of degenerate diffusion system arising from dynamics of biological groups.

On Monotone Method for Second Order Periodic Boundary Value Problems and Periodic Solutions of Functional Difference Equations

In this paper, we show that the method of monotone iterative technique is valid to obtain two monotone sequences that converge uniformly to extremal solutions to second order periodic boundary value problems and periodic solutions of functional difference equations. We obtain some new results under the lower solution α and upper solutionβ with α≤β

Existence Results for Systems of Nonlinear Caputo Fractional Differential Equations

We aim, in this work, to demonstrate the existence of minimal and maximal coupled quasi-solutions for nonlinear Caputo fractional differential systems with order q ∈ (1,2). Our approach is based on mixed monotone iterative techniques developed under the concept of lower and upper quasi-solutions. Our results extend those obtained for ordinary differential equations and fractional ones.

GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF SOLUTIONS FOR A STRONGLY COUPLED REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM

This paper is concerned with an Initial Boundary Value Problem (IBVP) for a strongly coupled semilinear reaction-diffusion system. By using the upper and lower solutions method and Leray-Schauder fixed point theorem and so on, the authors prove the global existence and uniqueness of a. smooth. solution for this IBVP under some appropriate conditions.

Periodic boundary value problem for the first order functional differential equations with impulses

This paper is concerned with the existence and approximation of solutions for a class of first order impulsive functional differential equations with periodic boundary value conditions. A new comparison result is presented and the previous results are extended.

Positive Solutions to Singular Boundary Value Problems with Sign Changing Nonlinearities on the Half-Line via Upper and Lower Solutions

This paper presents a lower and upper solution technique for singular second order boundary value problems on the half line.

TRAVELLING WAVEFRONTS IN DELAYED COOPERATIVE AND DIFFUSIVE SYSTEMS WITH NON-LOCAL EFFECTS

In this paper, traveling wavefront solutions are established for two cooperative systems with time delay and non-local effects. The results are an extension of the existing results for delayed logistic scale equations and diffusive Nicholson equations with non-local effects to systems. The approach used is the upper-lower solution technique and Schauder fixed point Theorem developed by Ma（J Differential Equations,2001,171：294-314. ）.

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS FOR THIRD ORDER NONLINEAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

In this paper, the existence and uniqueness of solutions for boundary valueproblem x′′′=f(t, x, x′, x″), x(0)=A, x′(0)=B, g(x′(1), x″(1))=0 are studied byusing Volterra type operator and upper and lower solutions. Our results improve someknown works.

An Upper and Lower Solution Theory for the Problem(G′(y))′+f(t,y)=0 on Finite and Infinite Intervals

A new upper and lower solution theory is presented for the second order problem （G＇（y））＇＋ f（t, y） = 0 on finite and infinite intervals. The theory on finite intervals is based on a Leray-Schauder alternative, where as the theory on infinite intervals is based on results on the finite interval and a diagonalization process.