Effect of Non-Darcian Flow on Time Rate of Consolidation

The effect of non-Darcian flow on the consolidation behavior of clay soils is studied, and its role in the extrapolation of laboratory test results to field problems is evaluated. This is accomplished by postulating a reasonably general four-parameter velocity-gradient relationship which, by proper choice of parameters, is capable of characterizing much of the published experimental data; then, this relationship is combined with the standard assumptions of classical consolidation theory to develop a nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation, which is solved by use of a finite difference technique. The stability and convergence criteria for related linear and quasi-linear equations are empirically extended to the associated nonlinear equations, and a comparison is made between various explicit and implicit finite difference schemes, with the result that a sufficiently accurate and more economical numerical solution is obtained by use of an explicit scheme. Typical solutions for various specific cases confirm and offer an explanation for the well-known phenomenon wherein the time rate of consolidation is found to decrease as the load increment decreases; also, the thickness of the consolidating layer is shown to affect the dimensionless time rate of consolidation. These conditions indicate that laboratory consolidation test results can be applied to a field situation only if appropriate stress and thickness corrections are made.     

Construction of periodic and solitary wave solutions for the complex nonlinear evolution equations

In this paper, we present a functional variable method for finding periodic wave and solitary wave solutions of complex nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics and engineering sciences. The proposed technique is tested on the generalized Zakharov equation and higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equations. The method is straightforward and concise, and it can also be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations in applied mathematics.     

Practical stability in terms of two measures for fractional order dynamic systems in Caputo's sense with initial time difference

The initial time difference practical stability in terms of two measures has been investigated for nonlinear fractional differential equations in Caputo's sense and these properties have been unified with Lyapunov-like functions to establish a comparison result.     

Bound of solutions to third-order nonlinear differential equations with bounded delay

A theorem is presented that contains some sufficient conditions to ensure bound of solutions to a third-order nonlinear delay differential equation. It is shown that this theorem improves the result of Ponzo [On the stability of certain nonlinear differential equations, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control AC-10 (1965) 470-472] to the bound of solutions for the equation considered.     

Some alternative results for some nonlinear parabolic equations in the half cylinder

In this paper, the spatial behavior of solutions of a class of nonlinear parabolic equations is studied. We obtain some alternative results for the solutions under suitable conditions on the nonlinear terms. The main tool used is the weighted energy method. Our results can be viewed as a version of Saint-Venant's principle to the parabolic equations.     

关于Schrödinger-Poisson系统的研究（英文）

研究了双极(非线性) Schr"odinger-Poisson 系统和 拟线性Schr"odinger-Poisson 方程, 得到了双极 Schr"odinger-Poisson 系统的整体适定性及其修正散射理论, 以及单位方体上的具有 Dirichlet 边值条件的 拟线性Schr"odinger-Poisson 方程的初边值问题整体解的存在唯一性.     

关于Schr(o)dinger-Poisson系统的研究

研究了双极(非线性)Schr(o)dinger-Poisson系统和拟线性Schr(o)dinger-Poisson方程,得到了双极Schr(o)dinger-Poisson系统的整体适定性及其修正散射理论,以及单位方体上的具有Dirichlet边值条件的拟线性Schr(o)dinger-Poisson方程的初边值问题整体解的存在唯一性.     

非线性计算不稳定问题的进一步研究

讨论了有关非线性计算不稳定的若干问题,其主要内容有(1)考察了有代表性的三类发展方程,指出其对应的差分格式是否出现非线性计算不稳定,与原微分方程解的性质密切相关;(2)进一步讨论了带周期边条件的守恒型差分格式的非线性计算稳定性问题,总结了克服非线性不稳定的有效措施;(3)以非线性平流方程为例,着重分析了带非周期边条件的非守恒差分格式的非线性计算稳定性问题,给出了判别其计算稳定性的"综合分析判别法".     

Application of the G/G-expansion method for nonlinear diffusion equations with nonlinear source

The generalized diffusion equations, with nonlinear source terms which encompasses the Fisher, Newell-Whitehead, FitzHugh-Nagumo and Allen-Cahn equations as particular forms are solved by the G^′/G-expansion method. The exact solutions are in terms of hyperbolic, trigonometric and rational functions with external parameters. This paper concludes with the stationary topological soliton solution of the FitzHugh-Nagumo equation that is obtained by the Ansatz method.     

Numerical solution of systems of mixed partial differential equations associated with transport phenomena with exchange

The so-called “percolation operations” which involve simultaneous heat and mass transport are defined in terms of a system of mixed partial differential equations which are nonlinear and include variable coefficients. Second-order interpolation followed by integration over an increment of the time or space variable is proposed as a method for arriving at finite difference equation equivalents of the original partial differential equations. A model change is also used to give physical significance to finite difference equivalents associated with derivatives in the space dimension. It is shown that second-order interpolation has the advantage over linear interpolation that it introduces a factor β which in a stability analysis based on cencentrations offers a range of choices that will insure stable calculation on a digital machine.     

Periodic Solutions of Second-order Nonlinear Difference Equations Containing a Small Parameter—III. Perturbation Theory

A technique to construct a uniformly valid perturbation series solution to a particular class of nonlinear difference equations is shown. The method allows the determination of approximations to the periodic solutions to these equations. An example illustrating the technique is presented.     

Marangoni convection of power law fluids driven by power-law temperature gradient

This paper presents a research for Marangoni convection driven by a power-law temperature gradient. It is assumed that the surface tension is quadratic functions of the temperature and the effects of power law viscosity on temperature field into account by assuming that the temperature field is similar to the velocity field. The Navier–Stokes equations and the heat equation with modified Fourier's law heat conduction (Zheng's Model) for power law fluid media are reduced to two nonlinear ordinary differential equations and the solutions are presented numerically. The effects of the Power-law Number and the Marangoni Number on the interfacial velocity and the interfacial temperature gradient are presented in tabular form and the effects of various parameters on the velocity and temperature fields are analyzed and discussed in detail.     

NONLINEAR COMPUTATIONAL INSTABILITY IN CALCULATION OF DISCONTINUOUS SOLUTION

Starting from one-dimensional nonlinear advecting equations, this paper has probed the energy properlies of discontinuous solutions, investigated that it is suitable to adopt energy decaying scheme to compute discontinuous solutions, compared and testified several difference schemes with dissipation effects, pointed out that it is easy to bring about nonlinear stabilities in doing discontinuous computation, and listed several better-effect schemes.     

基于广义逆的桁架结构非线性homologous设计方法

运用M-P广义逆理论,研究了桁架结构的非线性homologous设计问题。将homologous变形约束条件引入结构基本方程,运用M-P广义逆矩阵的性质,将基本方程解的存在条件表示为含可变节点坐标变量的非线性方程组,通过求解该非线性方程组找到了满足homologous变形约束要求的解,并为此推导了AA (A为任意矩阵,A 为A的M-P广义逆矩阵)求偏导数的显式表达。最后的算例验证了本方法的正确性和有效性。     

Periodic solutions of second-order nonlinear difference equations containing a small parameter

We extend to difference equations the classical method of harmonic balance. We show that the method can be used to obtain an approximation to the periodic solutions of a special class of second-order nonlinear difference equations containing a small parameter. Two examples illustrating the method are presented.     

关于半线性椭圆型方程和方程组的研究

研究半线性椭圆型方程和方程组。利用临界点理论和现代偏微分方程方法,对非线性椭圆型方程解的存在性、多解性和渐近性,得到了一系列有趣的结果。特别低,解决和部分解决了半线性椭圆方程中的2个公开问题。     

A new direct method based on the Chebyshev cardinal functions for variable-order fractional optimal control problems

In this paper, a new direct method based on the Chebyshev cardinal functions is proposed to solve a class of variable-order fractional optimal control problems (V-OFOCPs). To this end, a new operational matrix (OM) of variable-order (V-O) fractional derivative in the Caputo sense is derived for these basis functions and is used to obtain an approximate solution for the problem under study. In the proposed method, the state and the control variables are expanded in terms of the Chebyshev cardinal functions with unknown coefficients, at first. Then, the OM of V-O fractional derivative and some properties of the Chebyshev cardinal functions are employed to achieve a nonlinear algebraic equation corresponding to the performance index and a nonlinear system of algebraic equations corresponding to the dynamical system in terms of the unknown coefficients. Finally, the method of constrained extremum is applied, which consists of adjoining the constraint equations derived from the given dynamical system and the initial conditions to the performance index by a set of undetermined Lagrange multipliers. As a result, the necessary conditions of optimality are derived as a system of algebraic equations in the unknown coefficients of the state variable, control variable, and Lagrange multipliers. Furthermore, some numerical examples of different types are demonstrated with their approximate solutions for confirming the high accuracy and applicability of the proposed method.     

Approximate solution (with error bounds) to a nonlinear,nonautonomous second-order differential equation

Two approximations are developed to the solution of an important nonlinear, nonautonomous second-order differential equation that arises in various fields of science and technology such as operations research, mathematical ecology and epidemiology. The origin of the second-order differential equation from a system of two nonlinear first-order differential equations modelling, for example, Lanchester-type combat between two homogeneous military forces is discussed. Extension of our results to a more general system of nonlinear first-order differential equations is indicated. Error bounds that do not require that the exact solution be known are developed. Some connections between our results and those for the Liouville-Green (or WKB) approximation to the solution of the linear second-order equation are indicated.     

An approximate analytic solution of the nonlinear Riccati differential equation

In this paper, a hybrid method which combines the Adomian decomposition method (ADM), the Laplace transform algorithm and the Padé approximant is introduced to solve the approximate analytic solutions of the nonlinear Riccati differential equations. This hybrid method demonstrates accurate and reliable results, and has a great improvement in the ADM truncated series solution which diverges rapidly as the applicable domain increases. Three examples herein are given to demonstrate good accuracy and fast convergence in comparison with the exact solution.