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In this paper, we study the singularity formation phenomenon of the 1D model of Electron Magnetohydrodynamics (EMHD). we will construct a solution whose $C^3$-norm blows up in finite time. In the end, we will show that the solution is in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Chao Wu

It has been established that solutions to the inviscid Proudman-Johnson equation subject to a homogeneous three-point boundary condition can develop singularities in finite time. In this paper, we consider the possibility of singularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-26 Ikechukwu Obi-Okoye , Alejandro Sarria

A stationary free boundary problem modeling a three-dimensional electrostatic MEMS device is investigated. The device is made of a rigid ground plate and an elastic top plate which is hinged at its boundary, the plates being held at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Katerina Nik

In connection with the recent proposal for possible singularity formation at the boundary for solutions of 3d axi-symmetric incompressible Euler's equations (Luo and Hou, 2013), we study models for the dynamics at the boundary and show that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-15 Kyudong Choi , Thomas Y. Hou , Alexander Kiselev , Guo Luo , Vladimir Sverak , Yao Yao

Local well-posedness for a nonlinear parabolic-hyperbolic coupled system modelling Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) is studied. The particular device considered is a simple capacitor with two closely separated plates, one of which has…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-09 Heiko Gimperlein , Runan He , Andrew A. Lacey

In this paper, the existence of finite-time splash singularity is proved for the free-boundary problem of the viscous and non-resistive incompressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in $ \mathbb{R}^{3}$, based on a construction of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-09-19 Guangyi Hong , Tao Luo , Zhonghao Zhao

This paper establishes finite-time splash singularity formation for 3D viscous incompressible neo-Hookean elastodynamics with free boundaries. The system features mixed stress-kinematic conditions where viscous-elastic stresses balance…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Wei Zhang , Chengchun Hao , Jie Fu

Nonlocal MEMS equations exhibit finite-time quenching, or touchdown, which is difficult to capture numerically. We study a stagewise rescaling algorithm for a two-dimensional nonlocal MEMS equation in an asymptotically constant-feedback…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Takiko Sasaki , Tetsuji Tokihiro

The relativistic membrane equation can be rewritten as a first order hyperbolic system. Making use of the characteristic decomposition method, a new blow-up theorem is established. As an application, it demonstrates the formation of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Lv Cai , Jianli Liu

We construct examples of finite time singularity from smooth data for linear uniformly parabolic systems in the plane. We obtain similar examples for quasilinear systems with coefficients that depend only on the solution.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-01 Connor Mooney

Geometric singular perturbation theory provides a powerful mathematical framework for the analysis of 'stationary' multiple time-scale systems which possess a critical manifold, i.e. a smooth manifold of steady states for the limiting fast…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Samuel Jelbart , Christian Kuehn , Sara-Viola Kuntz

The singular parabolic problem $u_t=\Delta u -\frac{\lambda f(x)}{(1+u)^2}$ on a bounded domain $\Omega$ of $R^N$ with Dirichlet boundary conditions, models the dynamic deflection of an elastic membrane in a simple electrostatic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-12-20 Nassif Ghoussoub , Yujin Guo

This paper shows finite time singularity formation for the Muskat problem in a stable regime. The framework we found is with a dry region, where the density and the viscosity are set equal to $0$ (the gradient of the pressure is equal to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-10 Angel Castro , Diego Cordoba , Charles Fefferman , Francisco Gancedo

Two mathematical mechanisms, responsible for the generation of a thermodynamic singularity, are individuated. For a class of short-range, confining potentials, a topology change in some family of configuration space submanifolds is the only…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael Kastner

We consider the dynamics of an electrostatically actuated thin elastic plate being clamped at its boundary above a rigid plate. The model includes the harmonic electrostatic potential in the three-dimensional time-varying region between the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-02 Philippe Laurencot , Christoph Walker

We consider the decidability of state-to-state reachability in linear time-invariant control systems over continuous time. We analyse this problem with respect to the allowable control sets, which are assumed to be the image under a linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-16 Mohan Dantam , Amaury Pouly

We consider the touchdown of an elastic sheet as it adheres to a wall, which has a dynamics that is limited by the viscous resistance provided by the squeeze flow of the intervening liquid trapped between the two solid surfaces. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-01-20 Andreas Carlson , L. Mahadevan

We study the effect of the parameter $\lambda$, the dimension $N$, the profile $f$ and the geometry of the domain $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^N$, on the question of uniqueness of the solutions to the following elliptic boundary value problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-10-08 Nassif Ghoussoub , Pierpaolo Esposito

In this article we study the structure of solutions to the one-phase Bernoulli problem that are modeled either infinitesimally or at infinity by one-homogeneous solutions with an isolated singularity. In particular, we prove a uniqueness of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Max Engelstein , Daniel Restrepo , Zihui Zhao

Here we consider the 2D free boundary incompressible Euler equation with surface tension. We prove that the surface tension does not prevent a finite time splash or splat singularity, i.e. that the curve touches itself either in a point or…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Angel Castro , Diego Córdoba , Charles Fefferman , Francisco Gancedo , Javier Gómez-Serrano