scholarly journals On perturbation theory and critical exponents for self-similar systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehsan Hatefi ◽  
Adrien Kuntz
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Critical Exponents ◽  
Linear Perturbation ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Critical Solutions ◽  
Parabolic Form ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions ◽  
Perturbation Equations

AbstractGravitational critical collapse in the Einstein-axion-dilaton system is known to lead to continuous self-similar solutions characterized by the Choptuik critical exponent $$\gamma $$ γ . We complete the existing literature on the subject by computing the linear perturbation equations in the case where the axion-dilaton system assumes a parabolic form. Next, we solve the perturbation equations in a newly discovered self-similar solution in the hyperbolic case, which allows us to extract the Choptuik exponent. Our main result is that this exponent depends not only on the dimensions of spacetime but also the particular ansatz and the critical solutions that one started with.

On a self-similar solution for the decay of turbulent bursts

1992 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Hastings ◽  
L. A. Peletier
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Behaviour ◽  
Physical Parameter ◽  
Dimensional Analysis ◽  
Existence And Uniqueness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Eigenvalue Parameter ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions

We discuss the self-similar solutions of the second kind associated with the propagation of turbulent bursts in a fluid at rest. Such solutions involve an eigenvalue parameter μ, which cannot be determined from dimensional analysis. Existence and uniqueness are established and the dependence of μ on a physical parameter λ in the problem is studied: estimates are obtained and the asymptotic behaviour as λ → ∞ is established.

A self-similar solution for expansion into a vacuum of a collisionless plasma bunch

1998 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. BAITIN ◽  
K. M. KUZANYAN
Keyword(s):  
Electron Distribution Function ◽  
Collisionless Plasma ◽  
Electron Component ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ultrarelativistic Electron ◽  
Plasma Bunch ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
The One ◽  
Similar Solutions

The process of expansion into a vacuum of a collisionless plasma bunch with relativistic electron temperature is investigated for the one-dimensional case. Self-similar solutions for the evolution of the electron distribution function and ion acceleration are obtained, taking account of cooling of the electron component of plasma for the cases of non-relativistic and ultrarelativistic electron energies.

On the correctness of a model for phase transitions in binary alloys

1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. G. Götz
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Heat Conduction ◽  
Stability Criterion ◽  
Binary Alloys ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Similar Solutions ◽  
And Diffusion

The main result of this paper is a non-uniqueness theorem for the self-similar solutions of a model for phase transitions in binary alloys. The reason for this non-uniqueness is the discontinuity in the coefficients of heat conduction and diffusion at the inter-phase. Also the existence of a self-similar solution and the stability criterion are discussed.

Existence of Leray's Self-Similar Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations In 𝒟 ⊂ ℝ3

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Xinyu He
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Condition ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Local Existence ◽  
Similar Solution ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Smooth Bounded Domain ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions

AbstractLeray's self-similar solution of the Navier-Stokes equations is defined bywhere . Consider the equation for U(y) in a smooth bounded domain D of with non-zero boundary condition:We prove an existence theorem for the Dirichlet problem in Sobolev space W1,2(D). This implies the local existence of a self-similar solution of the Navier-Stokes equations which blows up at t = t* with t* < +∞, provided the function is permissible.

scholarly journals Influence of heterogeneity on second-kind self-similar solutions for viscous gravity currents

2014 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 218-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Zheng ◽  
Ivan C. Christov ◽  
Howard A. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Gravity Currents ◽  
Similar Solution ◽  
Phase Plane Analysis ◽  
Plane Analysis ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions

AbstractWe report experimental, theoretical and numerical results on the effects of horizontal heterogeneities on the propagation of viscous gravity currents. We use two geometries to highlight these effects: (a) a horizontal channel (or crack) whose gap thickness varies as a power-law function of the streamwise coordinate; (b) a heterogeneous porous medium whose permeability and porosity have power-law variations. We demonstrate that two types of self-similar behaviours emerge as a result of horizontal heterogeneity: (a) a first-kind self-similar solution is found using dimensional analysis (scaling) for viscous gravity currents that propagate away from the origin (a point of zero permeability); (b) a second-kind self-similar solution is found using a phase-plane analysis for viscous gravity currents that propagate toward the origin. These theoretical predictions, obtained using the ideas of self-similar intermediate asymptotics, are compared with experimental results and numerical solutions of the governing partial differential equation developed under the lubrication approximation. All three results are found to be in good agreement.

scholarly journals Self Similar Shocks in Atmospheric Mass Loss Due to Planetary Collisions

Atmosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
Almog Yalinewich ◽  
Andrey Remorov
Keyword(s):  
Shock Wave ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Impact Angle ◽  
Planetary Cores ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Atmospheric Mass

We present a mathematical model for the propagation of the shock waves that occur during planetary collisions. Such collisions are thought to occur during the formation of terrestrial planets, and they have the potential to erode the planet’s atmosphere. We show that, under certain assumptions, this evolution of the shock wave can be determined using the methodologies of Type II self similar solutions. In such solutions, the evolution of the shock wave is determined by boundary conditions at the shock front and a singular point in the shocked region. We show how the evolution can be determined for different equations of state, allowing these results to be readily used to calculate the atmospheric mass loss from planetary cores made of different materials. We demonstrate that, as a planetary shock converges to the self similar solution, it loses information about the collision that created it, including the impact angle for oblique collisions.

The self-similar solutions to full compressible Navier–Stokes equations without heat conductivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 2271-2320
Author(s):  
Xin Liu ◽  
Yuan Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Small Perturbation ◽  
Heat Conductivity ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
The Self ◽  
Similar Solution ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Navier Stokes Equations ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions

In this work, we establish a class of globally defined large solutions to the free boundary problem of compressible full Navier–Stokes equations with constant shear viscosity, vanishing bulk viscosity and heat conductivity. We establish such solutions with initial data perturbed around the self-similar solutions when [Formula: see text]. In the case when [Formula: see text], solutions with bounded entropy can be constructed. It should be pointed out that the solutions we obtain in this fashion do not in general keep being a small perturbation of the self-similar solution due to the second law of thermodynamics, i.e. the growth of entropy. If, in addition, in the case when [Formula: see text], we can construct a solution as a global-in-time small perturbation of the self-similar solution and the entropy is uniformly bounded in time. Our result extends the one of Hadžić and Jang [Expanding large global solutions of the equations of compressible fluid mechanics, J. Invent. Math. 214 (2018) 1205.] from the isentropic inviscid case to the non-isentropic viscous case.

Freely draining gravity currents in porous media: Dipole self-similar solutions with and without capillary retention

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHONIA S. MATHUNJWA ◽  
ANDREW J. HOGG
Keyword(s):  
Unsaturated Flow ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Similar Solution ◽  
Self Similar Solution ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Analytic Expressions ◽  
Self Similar ◽  
Similar Solutions

We analyse the two-dimensional, gravitationally-driven spreading of fluid through a porous medium overlying a horizontal impermeable boundary from which fluid can drain freely at one end. Under the assumption that none of the intruding fluid is retained within the pores in the trail of the current, the motion of the current is described by the dipole self-similar solution of the first kind derived by Barenblatt and Zel'dovich (1957). We show that small perturbations of arbitrary shape imposed on this solution decay in time, indicating that the self-similar solution is linearly stable. We use the connection between the perturbation eigenfunctions and symmetry transformations of the self-similar solution to demonstrate that variables can always be specified in terms of which the rate of decay of the perturbations is maximised. Unsaturated flow can be modelled by assuming that a constant fraction of the fluid is retained within the pores by capillary action in the trail of the current. It has been shown (Barenblatt and Zel'dovich, 1998; Ingerman and Shvets, 1999) that in this case, the motion of the current is described by a self-similar solution of the second kind characterised by an anomalous exponent. We derive leading-order analytic expressions for the anomalous exponent and the self-similar quantities valid for small values of the fraction of fluid retained using direct asymptotic analysis and by using a novel application of the method of multiple scales. The latter offers a number of advantages and permits the evolution of the current to be clearly connected with its initial conditions in a way not possible with conventional approaches. We demonstrate that the theoretical predictions provided by these expressions are in excellent agreement with results from the numerical integration of the governing equations.

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