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In this paper, we consider the Jordan-Moore-Gibson-Thompson equation, a third order in time wave equation describing the nonlinear propagation of sound that avoids the infinite signal speed paradox of classical second order in time strongly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Vanja Nikolić

The Jordan--Moore--Gibson--Thompson (JMGT) equation is a well-established and recently widely studied model for nonlinear acoustics (NLA). It is a third-order (in time) semilinear Partial Differential Equation (PDE) model with the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-03 Marcelo Bongarti , Irena Lasiecka , José Henrique Rodrigues

Optimal control of nonlinear acoustic waves is relevant in many medical ultrasound technologies, ranging from cancer therapy to targeted drug delivery, where it can help guide the precise deposition of acoustic energy. In this work, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-20 Vanja Nikolić , Belkacem Said-Houari

The (third-order in time) JMGT equation \cite{Jordan2,HCP} is a nonlinear (quasi-linear) Partial Differential Equation (PDE) model introduced to describe a nonlinear propagation of sound in an acoustic medium. The important feature is that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Marcelo Bongarti , Sutthirut Charoenphon , Irena Lasiecka

We analyze the behavior of third-order in time linear and nonlinear sound waves in thermally relaxing fluids and gases as the sound diffusivity vanishes. The nonlinear acoustic propagation is modeled by the Jordan--Moore--Gibson--Thompson…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-13 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Vanja Nikolić

Moore-Gibson-Thompson (MGT) equations, which describe acoustic waves in a heterogeneous medium, are considered. These are the third order in time evolutions of a predominantly hyperbolic type. MGT models account for a finite speed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Marcelo Bongarti , Sutthirut Charoenphon , Irena Lasiecka

In this paper, we consider a control/shape optimization problem of a nonlinear acoustics-structure interaction model of PDEs, whereby acoustic wave propagation in a chamber is governed by the Westervelt equation, and the motion of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Amjad Tuffaha

This paper addresses the mean-square optimal control problem for \a class of discrete-time linear systems with a quasi-colored control-dependent multiplicative noise via output feedback. The noise under study is novel and shown to have…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-06 Junhui Li , Jieying Lu , Weizhou Su

When high-frequency sound waves travel through media with anomalous diffusion, such as biological tissues, their motion can be described by nonlinear wave equations of fractional higher order. These can be understood as nonlocal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Vanja Nikolić

A time-domain numerical code based on the constitutive relations of nonlinear acoustics for simulating ultrasound propagation is presented. To model frequency power law attenuation, such as observed in biological media, multiple relaxation…

Boundary feedback stabilization of a critical, nonlinear Jordan--Moore--Gibson--Thompson (JMGT) equation is considered. JMGT arises in modeling of acoustic waves involved in medical/engineering treatments like lithotripsy, thermotherapy,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Marcelo Bongarti , Irena Lasiecka

In acoustics, higher-order-in-time equations arise when taking into account a class of thermal relaxation laws in the modeling of sound wave propagation. In this work, we analyze initial boundary value problems for a family of such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Mostafa Meliani

Motivated by simulations of ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery, this work presents the numerical analysis of a mathematical model that captures the influence of ultrasound waves on the diffusivity of the drug. The system under study consists…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-10 Femke de Wit , Vanja Nikolić

We study the Jordan--Moore--Gibson--Thompson (JMGT) equation, a third order in time wave equation that models nonlinear sound propagation, in the practically relevant setting of Neumann and absorbing boundary conditions. In the analysis, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Vanja Nikolić

The JMGT equation was put forward by Pedro Jordan~\cite{jordan2008nonlinear,jordan2014second}, also referring to earlier work by Moore and Gibson~\cite{moore1960propagation}, as well as Thompson~\cite{thompson} to amend the infinite speed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Barbara Kaltenbacher

We investigate a nonlinear multiphysics model motivated by ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery. The acoustic pressure field is modeled by Westervelt's quasilinear wave equation to adequately capture the nonlinear effects in ultrasound…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Julio Careaga , Vanja Nikolić , Belkacem Said-Houari

A wave equation, that governs finite amplitude acoustic disturbances in a thermoviscous Newtonian fluid, and includes nonlinear terms up to second order, is proposed. In contrast to the model known as the Kuznetsov equation, the proposed…

The Jordan-Moore-Gibson-Thompson (JMGT)\cite{christov_heat_2005,jordan_nonlinear_2008,straughan_heat_2014} equation is a benchmark model describing propagation of nonlinear acoustic waves in heterogeneous fluids at rest. This is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-10 Marcelo Bongarti , Irena Lasiecka

We propose a self-adaptive absorbing technique for quasilinear ultrasound waves in two- and three-dimensional computational domains. As a model for the nonlinear ultrasound propagation in thermoviscous fluids, we employ Westervelt's wave…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Markus Muhr , Vanja Nikolić , Barbara Wohlmuth

We consider an undetermined coefficient inverse problem for a nonlinear partial differential equation describing high intensity ultrasound propagation as widely used in medical imaging and therapy. The usual nonlinear term in the standard…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-13 Barbara Kaltenbacher , William Rundell
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