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In this paper, we consider a vector-valued one-phase Bernoulli-type free boundary problem on a metric measure space $(X,d,\mu)$ with Riemannian curvature-dimension condition $RCD(K,N)$. We first prove the existence and the local Lipschitz…

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We consider steady nonlinear free surface flow past an arbitrary bottom topography in three dimensions, concentrating on the shape of the wave pattern that forms on the surface of the fluid. Assuming ideal fluid flow, the problem is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-14 Nicholas R. Buttle , Ravindra Pethiyagoda , Timothy J. Moroney , Scott W. McCue

The interaction of neural networks with physical equations offers a wide range of applications. We provide a method which enables a neural network to transform objects subject to given physical constraints. Therefore an U-Net architecture…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Lukas Harsch , Johannes Burgbacher , Stefan Riedelbauch

We employ a variational approach to study the Neumann boundary value problem for the $p$-Laplacian on bounded smooth-enough domains in the metric setting, and show that solutions exist and are bounded. The boundary data considered are Borel…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-23 Lukáš Malý , Nageswari Shanmugalingam

Application of nonlinearity continuation method to numerical solution of steady-state groundwater flow in variably saturated conditions is presented. In order to solve the system of nonlinear equations obtained by finite volume…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Denis Anuprienko , Ivan Kapyrin

In this work we demonstrate that a class of some one and two phase free boundary problems can be recast as nonlocal parabolic equations on a submanifold. The canonical examples would be one-phase Hele Shaw flow, as well as its two-phase…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-10 Hector A. Chang-Lara , Nestor Guillen , Russell W. Schwab

Nonlinear deformations of a two-dimensional gas bubble are investigated in the framework of a Hamiltonian formulation involving surface variables alone. The Dirichlet--Neumann operator is introduced to accomplish this dimensional reduction…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-10-27 Philippe Guyenne

In [1], the non-linear space-time Hasegawa-Mima plasma equation is formulated as a coupled system of two linear PDE's, a solution of which is a pair (u, w). The first equation is of hyperbolic type and the second of elliptic type.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-04 Sophie M. Moufawad , Nabil R. Nassif

This paper is concerned with the problem of shape optimization of two-dimensional flows governed by the time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the structures of shape gradients with respect to the shape of the variable domain for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Zhiming Gao , Yichen Ma , Hongwei Zhuang

In this paper we apply a scaling invariance analysis to reduce a class of parabolic moving boundary problems to free boundary problems governed by ordinary differential equations. As well known free boundary problems are always non-linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Riccardo Fazio

In this paper we study the local behavior of solutions to some free boundary problems. We relate the theory of quasi-conformal maps to the regularity of the solutions to nonlinear thin-obstacle problems; we prove that the contact set is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-28 Guido De Philippis , Luca Spolaor , Bozhidar Velichkov

We consider the problem of finding optimal shapes of fluid domains. The fluid obeys the Navier--Stokes equations. Inside a holdall container we use a phase field approach using diffuse interfaces to describe the domain of free flow. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-15 Harald Garcke , Claudia Hecht , Michael Hinze , Christian Kahle

We study an optimization problem that aims to determine the shape of an obstacle that is submerged in a fluid governed by the Stokes equations. The mentioned flow takes place in a channel, which motivated the imposition of a Poiseuille-like…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-13 John Sebastian H. Simon , Hirofumi Notsu

In this paper we study the two-phase Bernoulli type free boundary problem arising from the minimization of the functional $$ J(u):=\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^p +\lambda_+^p\,\chi_{\{u>0\}} +\lambda_-^p\,\chi_{\{u\le 0\}}, \quad 1<p<\infty. $$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-11 Serena Dipierro , Aram L. Karakhanyan

Some approach to the solution of boundary value problems for finding functions, which are analytical in a wedge, is proposed. If the ratio of the angle at the wedge vertex to a number \pi is rational, then the boundary value problem is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-11 E. A. Karabut

The novel Riemannian view on shape optimization developed in [Schulz, FoCM, 2014] is extended to a Lagrange-Newton approach for PDE constrained shape optimization problems. The extension is based on optimization on Riemannian vector space…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-01 Volker H. Schulz , Martin Siebenborn , Kathrin Welker

A long-standing conjecture of De Giorgi asserts that every monotone solution of the Allen--Cahn equation in \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\) is one-dimensional if \(n \leq 7\). A stronger version of the conjecture, also widely studied and often called…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Hardy Chan , Xavier Fernández-Real , Alessio Figalli , Joaquim Serra

We consider a one-dimensional free boundary problem governed by a nonlinear diffusion - convection equation with a Neumann condition at fixed face $x=0$, which is variable in time and a like Stefan convective condition on the free boundary.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-07 Adriana C. Briozzo

Small-scale plasticity problems are often characterised by different patterning behaviours ranging from macroscopic down to the atomistic scale. In successful models of such complex behaviour, its origin lies within non-convexity of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-01 F. Bormann , R. H. J. Peerlings , M. G. D. Geers

We consider a one-phase Bernoulli free boundary problem in a container $D$ - a smooth open subset of $\mathbb{R}^d$ - under the condition that on the fixed boundary $\partial D$ the normal derivative of the solutions is prescribed. We study…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Lorenzo Ferreri , Giorgio Tortone , Bozhidar Velichkov