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A moving mesh method for one-dimensional hyperbolic conservation laws
We develop an adaptive method for solving one-dimensional systems of hyperbolic conservation laws that employs a high resolution Godunov-type scheme for the physical equations, in conjunction with a moving mesh PDE governing the motion of the spatial grid points. Many other moving mesh methods developed to solve hyperbolic problems use a fully implicit discretization for the coupled solution-mesh equations, and so suffer from a significant degree of numerical stiffness. We employ a semi-implicit approach that couples the moving mesh equation to an efficient, explicit solver for the physical PDE, with the resulting scheme behaving in practice as a two-step predictor-corrector method. In comparison with computations on a fixed, uniform mesh, our method exhibits more accurate resolution of discontinuities for a similar level of computational work
Fast Neural Network Predictions from Constrained Aerodynamics Datasets
Incorporating computational fluid dynamics in the design process of jets,
spacecraft, or gas turbine engines is often challenged by the required
computational resources and simulation time, which depend on the chosen
physics-based computational models and grid resolutions. An ongoing problem in
the field is how to simulate these systems faster but with sufficient accuracy.
While many approaches involve simplified models of the underlying physics,
others are model-free and make predictions based only on existing simulation
data. We present a novel model-free approach in which we reformulate the
simulation problem to effectively increase the size of constrained pre-computed
datasets and introduce a novel neural network architecture (called a cluster
network) with an inductive bias well-suited to highly nonlinear computational
fluid dynamics solutions. Compared to the state-of-the-art in model-based
approximations, we show that our approach is nearly as accurate, an order of
magnitude faster, and easier to apply. Furthermore, we show that our method
outperforms other model-free approaches
Slow motion of internal shock layers for the Jin-Xin system in one space dimension
This paper considers the slow motion of the shock layer exhibited by the
solution to the initial-boundary value problem for a scalar hyperbolic system
with relaxation. Such behavior, known as metastable dynamics, is related to the
presence of a first small eigenvalue for the linearized operator around an
equilibrium state; as a consequence, the time-dependent solution approaches its
steady state in an asymptotically exponentially long time interval. In this
contest, both rigorous and asymptotic approaches are used to analyze such slow
motion for the Jin-Xin system. To describe this dynamics we derive an ODE for
the the position of the internal transition layer, proving how it drifts
towards the equilibrium location with a speed rate that is exponentially slow.
These analytical results are also validated by numerical computations.Comment: 30 pages, 5 figure
Reaction fronts in stochastic exclusion models with three-site interactions
The microscopic structure and movement of reaction fronts in reaction
diffusion systems far from equilibrium are investigated. We show that some
three-site interaction models exhibit exact diffusive shock measures, i.e.
domains of different densities connected by a sharp wall without correlations.
In all cases fluctuating domains grow at the expense of ordered domains, the
absence of growth is possible between ordered domains. It is shown that these
models give rise to aspects not seen in nearest neighbor models, viz. double
shocks and additional symmetries. A classification of the systems by their
symmetries is given and the link of domain wall motion and a free fermion
description is discussed.Comment: 29 pages, 5 figure
On the theory of solitons of fluid pressure and solute density in geologic porous media, with applications to shale, clay and sandstone
In this paper we propose the application of a new model of transients of pore
pressure p and solute density \r{ho} in geologic porous media. This model is
rooted in the non-linear waves theory, the focus of which is advection and
effect of large pressure jumps on strain (due to large p in a non-linear
version of the Hooke law). It strictly relates p and \r{ho} evolving under the
effect of a strong external stress. As a result, the presence of quick and
sharp transients in low permeability rocks is unveiled, i.e. the non-linear
Burgers solitons. We therefore propose that the actual transport process in
porous rocks for large signals is not the linear diffusion, but could be
governed by solitons. A test of an eventual presence of solitons in a rock is
here proposed, and then applied to Pierre Shale, Bearpaw Shale, Boom Clay and
Oznam-Mugu silt and clay. A quick analysis showing the presence of solitons for
nuclear waste disposal and salty water intrusions is also analyzed. Finally, in
a kind of "theoretical experiment" we show that solitons could also be present
in Jordan and St. Peter sandstones, thus suggesting the occurrence of osmosis
in these rocks
Fast global null controllability for a viscous Burgers' equation despite the presence of a boundary layer
In this work, we are interested in the small time global null controllability
for the viscous Burgers' equation y_t - y_xx + y y_x = u(t) on the line segment
[0,1]. The second-hand side is a scalar control playing a role similar to that
of a pressure. We set y(t,1) = 0 and restrict ourselves to using only two
controls (namely the interior one u(t) and the boundary one y(t,0)). In this
setting, we show that small time global null controllability still holds by
taking advantage of both hyperbolic and parabolic behaviors of our system. We
use the Cole-Hopf transform and Fourier series to derive precise estimates for
the creation and the dissipation of a boundary layer
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