Hyperbolic partial differential equations

Development of weighted residual finite element schemes that can yield stable solutions for hyperbolic partial differential equations has been the subject of a considerable amount of research. The most successful outcome of these attempts is the development of the streamline upwinding technique by Brooks and Hughes (1982). The basic concept in the streamline upwinding is to modify the weighting function in the Galerkin scheme as... 

Differential methods - in these techniques the internal grid coordinates are found via the solution of appropriate elliptic, parabolic or hyperbolic partial differential equations. 

The description of phenomena in a continuous medium such as a gas or a fluid often leads to partial differential equations. In particular, phenomena of wave propagation are described by a class of partial differential equations called hyperbolic, and these are essentially different in their properties from other classes such as those that describe equilibrium ( elhptic ) or diffusion and heat transfer ( para-bohc ). Prototypes are ... 

M.J. Berger and J. Olinger, Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations, J. Comput. Phys. S3 (1984). 

The most effective techniques for hyperbolic partial differential equations are based on the method of characteristics [19] and an extensive treatment of this method may be found in the literature of compressible fluid flow and plasticity fields. 

In the study of nonstationary processes described by partial differential equations of parabolic and hyperbolic types... 

Let us consider the genera class of systems described by a system of n nonlinear parabolic or hyperbolic partial differential equations. For simplicity vve assume that we have only one spatial independent variable, z. 

In terms of transient behaviors, the most important parameters are the fluid compressibility and the viscous losses. In most field problems the inertia term is small compared with other terms in Eq. (128), and it is sometimes omitted in the analysis of natural gas transient flows (G4). Equations (123) and (128) constitute a pair of partial differential equations with p and W as dependent variables and t and x as independent variables. The equations are hyperbolic as shown, but become parabolic if the inertia term is omitted from Eq. (128). As we shall see later, the hyperbolic form must be retained if the method of characteristics (Section V,B,1) is to be used in the solution. 

Briefly the idea behind this method is to delineate families of curves in the x-t plane, called characteristic curves, along which the partial differential equations [(123) and (128)] become a system of ordinary differential equations which could then be integrated with greater ease. However, only hyperbolic partial differential equations possess two families of characteristics curves required by the method. 

The numerical methods for partial differential equations can be classified according to the type of equation (see Partial Differential Equations ) parabolic, elliptic, and hyperbolic. This section uses the finite difference method to illustrate the ideas, and these results can be programmed for simple problems. For more complicated problems, though, it is common to rely on computer packages. Thus, some discussion is given to the issues that arise when using computer packages. 

See Partial Differential Equations. ) If the diffusion coefficient is zero, the convective diffusion equation is hyperbolic. If D is small, the phenomenon may be essentially hyperbolic, even though the equations are parabolic. Thus the numerical methods for hyperbolic equations may be useful even for parabolic equations. 

Rhee, Aris, and Amundson, First-Order Partial Differential Equations Volume 1. Theory and Application of Single Equations Volume 2. Theory and Application of Hyperbolic Systems of Quasi-Linear Equations, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1986,1989. 

The model for this crystallizer configuration has been shown to consist of the well known population balance (4), coupled with an ordinary differential equation, the concentration balance, and a set of algebraic equations for the vapour flow rate, the growth and nucleatlon kinetics (4). The population balance is a first-order hyperbolic partial differential equation ... 

Lax-Wendroff. This is a well known method to solve first-order hyperbolic partial differential equations in boundary value problems. The two step Richtmeyer implementation of the explicit Lax-Wendroff differential scheme is used (8). 

Another potential solution technique appropriate for the packed bed reactor model is the method of characteristics. This procedure is suitable for hyperbolic partial differential equations of the form obtained from the energy balance for the gas and catalyst and the mass balances if axial dispersion is neglected and if the radial dimension is first discretized by a technique such as orthogonal collocation. The thermal well energy balance would still require a numerical technique that is not limited to hyperbolic systems since axial conduction in the well is expected to be significant. 

The system of hyperbolic and parabolic partial differential equations representing the ID or 2D model of monolith channel is solved by the finite differences method with adaptive time-step control. An effective numerical solution is based on (i) discretization of continuous coordinates z, r and t, (ii) application of difference approximations of the derivatives, (iii) decomposition of the set of equations for Ts, T, c and cs, (iv) quasi-linearization of... 

The theory for classifying linear, second-order, partial-differential equations is well established. Understanding the classification is quite important to understanding solution algorithms and where boundary conditions must be applied. Partial differential equations are generally classified as one of three forms elliptic, parabolic, or hyperbolic. Model equations for each type are usually stated as... 

The circumferential ((j>) momentum equation is a partial differential equation. Identify some of its basic properties. Is it elliptic, parabolic, or hyperbolic Is it linear of nonlinear What is its order ... 

E.J. Kansa. Multiquadratics- a scattered data approximation scheme with applications to computational fluid mechanics, ii-solutions to parabolic, hyperbolic and elliptic partial differential equations. Computers Math. Applic., 19 147, 1990. 

By considering the combined variable z = x — xj2, we remove the mixed partial differential term from Eq. (4.293). The transformation obtained is the hyperbolic partial differential equation (4.294). This equation represents a new form of the stochastic model of the deep bed filtration and has the characteristic univocity conditions given by relations (4.295) and (4.296). The univocity conditions show that the suspension is only fed at times higher than zero. Indeed, here, we have a constant probability for the input of the microparticles ... 

In this stochastic model, the values of the frequencies skipping from one state to another characterize the common deep bed filtration. This observation allows the transformation of the above-presented hyperbolic model into the parabolic model, given by the partial differential equation (4.297). With the univocity conditions (4.295) and (4.296) this model [4.5] agrees with the analytical solution described by relations (4.298) and (4.299) ... 

The continuity equations for mass and energy will be used to derive the hyperbolic partial differential equation model for the simulation of moving bed coal gasifier dynamics. Plug flow (no axial dispersion) and adiabatic (no radial gradients) operation will be assumed. 

This set of hyperbolic partial differential equations for the gasifier dynamic model represents an open or split boundary-value problem. Starting with the initial conditions within the reactor, we can use some type of marching procedure to solve the equations directly and to move the solution forward in time based on the specified boundary conditions for the inlet gas and inlet solids streams. 

The time method of lines (continuous-space discrete-time) technique is a hybrid computer method for solving partial differential equations. However, in its standard form, the method gives poor results when calculating transient responses for hyperbolic equations. Modifications to the technique, such as the method of decomposition (12), the method of directional differences (13), and the method of characteristics (14) have been used to correct this problem on a hybrid computer. To make a comparison with the distance method of lines and the method of characteristics results, the technique was used by us in its standard form on a digital computer. 

The continuity equations for mass and energy were used to derive an adiabatic dynamic plug flow simulation model for a moving bed coal gasifier. The resulting set of hyperbolic partial differential equations represented a split boundary-value problem. The inherent numerical stiffness of the coupled gas-solids equations was handled by removing the time derivative from the gas stream equations. This converted the dynamic model to a set of partial differential equations for the solids stream coupled to a set of ordinary differential equations for the gas stream. 

The partial differential equations system for steady flows of Maxwell type (i.e., with = 0) is of composite type, neither elliptic, nor hyperbolic. This is not surprising, the same being true for instance for the stationary system of ideal incompressible fluids. The new feature, discovered in [8], is that some change of type may occur. In fact an easy but tedious calculation shows that three types of characteristics axe present ... 

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