Lower bounds for the blow-up time in a non-local reaction–diffusion problem

AbstractFor a non-local reaction–diffusion problem with either homogeneous Dirichlet or homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions, the questions of blow-up are investigated. Specifically, if the solutions blow up, lower bounds for the time of blow-up are derived

On the lifespan of classical solutions to a non-local porous medium problem with nonlinear boundary conditions

In this paper we analyze the porous medium equation \begin{equation}\label{ProblemAbstract} \tag{$\Diamond$} %\begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u^m + a\io u^p-b u^q -c\lvert\nabla\sqrt{u}\rvert^2 \quad \textrm{in}\quad \Omega \times I,%\\ %u_\nu-g(u)=0 & \textrm{on}\; \partial \Omega, t>0,\\ %u({\bf x},0)=u_0({\bf x})&{\bf x} \in \Omega,\\ %\end{cases} \end{equation} where $\Omega$ is a bounded and smooth domain of $\R^N$, with $N\geq 1$, and $I= [0,t^*)$ is the maximal interval of existence for $u$. The constants $a,b,c$ are positive, $m,p,q$ proper real numbers larger than 1 and the equation is complemented with nonlinear boundary conditions involving the outward normal derivative of $u$. Under some hypothesis on the data, including intrinsic relations between $m,p$ and $q$, and assuming that for some positive and sufficiently regular function u_0(\nx) the Initial Boundary Value Problem (IBVP) associated to \eqref{ProblemAbstract} possesses a positive classical solution u=u(\nx,t) on $\Omega \times I$: \begin{itemize} \item [$\triangleright$] when $p>q$ and in 2- and 3-dimensional domains, we determine a \textit{lower bound of} $t^*$ for those $u$ becoming unbounded in $L^{m(p-1)}(\Omega)$ at such $t^*$; \item [$\triangleright$] when $p<q$ and in $N$-dimensional settings, we establish a \textit{global existence criterion} for $u$. \end{itemize

Nonlinear Convection in Reaction-diffusion Equations under dynamical boundary conditions

We investigate blow-up phenomena for positive solutions of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations including a nonlinear convection term $\partial_t u = \Delta u - g(u) \cdot \nabla u + f(u)$ in a bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ under the dissipative dynamical boundary conditions $\sigma \partial_t u + \partial_\nu u =0$. Some conditions on $g$ and $f$ are discussed to state if the positive solutions blow up in finite time or not. Moreover, for certain classes of nonlinearities, an upper-bound for the blow-up time can be derived and the blow-up rate can be determinated.Comment: 20 page