Existence and static stability of a capillary free surface appearing in a dewetted Bridgman process. I

This paper present six theoretical results concerning the existence and static stability of a capillary free surface appearing in a dewetted Bridgman crystal growth technique. The results are obtained in an axis symmetric 2D model for semiconductors for which the sum of wetting angle and growth angle is less than 180. Numerical results are presented in case of InSb semiconductor growth. The reported results can help, the practical crystal growers, in better understanding the dependence of the free surface shape and size on the pressure difference across the free surface and prepare the appropriate seed size, and thermal conditions before seeding the growth process.Comment: This is an extended version of the conference paper TIM 19 of 10pages and 9 figure

The Concepts of Well-Posedness and Stability in Different Function Spaces for the 1D Linearized Euler Equations

This paper considers the stability of constant solutions to the 1D Euler equation. The idea is to investigate the effect of different function spaces on the well-posedness and stability of the null solution of the 1D linearized Euler equations. It is shown that the mathematical tools and results depend on the meaning of the concepts “perturbation,” “small perturbation,” “solution of the propagation problem,” and “small solution, that is, solution close to zero,” which are specific for each function space

Model based groundwater pollution prediction

In this paper the cause of the groundwater pollution is a tank containing a liquid. In the liquid one or several pollutants are dissolved. Due to a hole/crack, which exists in the bottom of the tank the liquid filters in the soil and the pollutants migrate. A mathematical model is presented which describes the migration and reaction of a single or multiple pollutants and their interaction. This model facilitates the understanding and prediction of the groundwater pollution. Based on the model, numerical simulations are presented for groundwater pollution