Uncertainty quantification for hysteresis operators and a model for magneto-mechanical hysteresis

Many models for magneto-mechanical components involve hysteresis operators. The parameter within these operators have to be identified from measurements and are therefore subject to uncertainties. To quantify the influence of these uncertainties, the parameter in the hysteresis operator are considered as functions of random variables. Combining this with the hysteresis operator, we get new random variables and we can compute stochastic properties of the output of the model. For two hysteresis operators corresponding numerical results are presented in this paper. Moreover, the influence of the variation of the parameters in a model for a magneto-mechanical component is investigated

Representation of hysteresis operators for vector-valued continuous monotaffine input functions by functions on strings

In Brokate-Sprekels-1996, it was shown that scalar-valued hysteresis operators for scalar-valued continuous piecewise monotone input functions can be uniquely represented by functionals defined on the set of all finite alternating strings of real numbers. Using this representation, various properties of these hysteresis operators were investigated. In this work, it is shown that a similar representation result can be derived for hysteresis operators dealing with inputs in a general topological linear vector space. Introducing a new class of functions, the so-called \emph{monotaffine} functions, which can be considered as a vector generalization of monotone scalar functions, and the convexity triple free strings on a vector space as a generalization of the alternating strings allows to formulate the corresponding representation result. As an example for the application of the representation result, a vectorial formulation of the second and third Madelung rule are discussed

Asymptotic behaviour for a phase-field model with hysteresis in one-dimensional thermo-visco-plasticity

The asymptotic behaviour for t → ∞ of the solutions to a one-dimensional model for thermo-visco-plastic behaviour is investigated in this paper. The model consists of a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations, representing the equation of motion, the balance of the internal energy, and a phase evolution equation, determining the evolution of a phase variable. The phase evolution equation can be used to deal with relaxation processes. Rate-independent hysteresis effects in the strain-stress law and also in the phase evolution equation are described by using the mathematical theory of hysteresis operators

Uncertainty quantification for hysteresis operators and a model for magneto-mechanical hysteresis

Many models for magneto-mechanical components involve hysteresis operators. The parameter within these operators have to be identified from measurements and are therefore subject to uncertainties. To quantify the influence of these uncertainties, the parameter in the hysteresis operator are considered as functions of random variables. Combining this with the hysteresis operator, we get new random variables and we can compute stochastic properties of the output of the model. For two hysteresis operators corresponding numerical results are presented in this paper. Moreover, the influence of the variation of the parameters in a model for a magneto-mechanical component is investigated

Existence and approximation of solutions to an anisotropic phase field system of Penrose-Fife type

This paper is concerned with a phase field system of Penrose-Fife type for a non-conserved order parameter χ with a kinetic relaxation coefficient depending on the gradient of χ. This system can be used to model the dendritic solidification of liquids. A time discrete scheme for an initial-boundary value problem tothis system is presented. By proving the convergence of this scheme, the existence of a solution to the problem is shown

On the representation of hysteresis operators acting on vector-valued, left-continuous and piecewise monotaffine and continuous functions

In Brokate-Sprekels 1996, it is shown that hysteresis operators acting on scalar-valued, continuous, piecewise monotone input functions can be represented by functionals acting on alternating strings. In a number of recent papers, this representation result is extended to hysteresis operators dealing with input functions in a general topological vector space. The input functions have to be continuous and piecewise monotaffine, i.e., being piecewise the composition of two functions such that the output of a monotone increasing function is used as input for an affine function. In the current paper, a representation result is formulated for hysteresis operators dealing with input functions being left-continuous and piecewise monotaffine and continuous. The operators are generated by functions acting on an admissible subset of the set of all strings of pairs of elements of the vector space. of the set of all strings of pairs of elements of the vector space

A posteriori error estimates for a time discrete scheme for a phase-field system of Penrose-Fife type

A time discrete scheme is used to approximate the solution to a phase field system of Penrose-Fife type with a non-conserved order parameter. An a posteriori error estimate is presented that allows to estimate the difference between continuous and semidiscrete solutions by quantities that can be calculated from the approximation and given data

Hausdorff metric BV discontinuity of sweeping processes

Sweeping processes are a class of evolution differential inclusions arising in elastoplasticity and were introduced by J.J. Moreau in the early seventies. The solution operator of the sweeping processes represents a relevant example of rate independent operator. As a particular case we get the so called play operator, which is a typical example of a hysteresis operator. The continuity properties of these operators were studied in several works. In this note we address the continuity with respect to the strict metric in the space of functions of bounded variation with values in the metric space of closed convex subsets of a Hilbert space. We provide counterexamples showing that for all BV-formulations of the sweeping process the corresponding solution operator is not continuous when its domain is endowed with the strict topology of BV and its codomain is endowed with the L1-topology. This is at variance with the play operator which has a BV-extension that is continuous in this case

Outwards pointing hysteresis operators and asymptotic behaviour of evolution equations

The paper deals with the long-time behaviour of evolution systems described by ODEs and PDEs with hysteresis operators. The analysis is based on two concepts. The first one is the outward pointing property of the involved hysteresis operators which implies uniform a priori bounds for solutions, the second one is related to the hysteresis modelling itself and consists in introducing a class of thermodynamically consistent generalized Prandtl-Ishlinskii operators as a model for a nonlinear elastoplastic material law. A stability result for solutions in one-dimensional visco-elasto-plasticity is derived as an illustration of the theory

Transient conductive-radiative heat transfer: Discrete existence and uniqueness for a finite volume scheme*

This article presents a finite volume scheme for transient nonlinear heat transport equations coupled by nonlocal interface conditions modeling diffuse-gray radiation between the surfaces of (both open and closed) cavities. The model is considered in three space dimensions, modifications for the axisymmetric case are indicated. Proving a maximum principle as well as existence and uniqueness for roots to a class of discrete nonlinear operators that can be decomposed into a scalar-dependent sufficiently increasing part and a benign rest, we establish a discrete maximum principle for the finite volume scheme, yielding discrete L∞-L∞ a priori bounds as well as a unique discrete solution to the finite volume scheme