Search results for "robin boundary condition"

A boundary min-max principle as a tool for boundary element formulations

1991

Abstract A min-max principle for elastic solids, expressed in terms of the unknown boundary displacements and tractions, is presented. It is shown that its Euler-Lagrange equations coincide with the classical boundary integral equations for displacements and for tractions. This principle constitutes a suitable starting point for a symmetric sign-definite formulation of the boundary element method.

Multiplicity of solutions for two-point boundary value problems with asymptotically asymmetric nonlinearities

1996

Porous medium equation with absorption and a nonlinear boundary condition

2002

where is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, @=@ is the outer normal derivative, m ? 1; p; and q are positive parameters and u0 is in L∞( ). Problems of this form arise in mathematical models in a number of areas of science, for instance, in models for gas or :uid :ow in porous media [3] and for the spread of certain biological populations [13]. In the semilinear case (that is for m=1), there is an extensive literature about global existence and blow-up results for this type of problems, see among others, [5,9,16] and the literature therein. For the degenerate case (that is for m = 1), with a nonlinear boundary condition, local existence and uniqueness of weak solutions which are limit o…

Existence and Regularity for a Class of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Boundary Value Problems

2002

AbstractThe regularity of the solution of the telegraph system with nonlinear monotone boundary conditions is investigated by two methods. The first one is based on D'Alembert-type representation formulae for the solution. In the second method the telegraph system is reduced to a linear Cauchy problem with a locally Lipschitzian functional perturbation; then regularity results are established by appealing to the theory of linear semigroups.

A two-phase problem with Robin conditions on the free boundary

2020

We study for the first time a two-phase free boundary problem in which the solution satisfies a Robin boundary condition. We consider the case in which the solution is continuous across the free boundary and we prove an existence and a regularity result for minimizers of the associated variational problem. Finally, in the appendix, we give an example of a class of Steiner symmetric minimizers. peerReviewed

Classification and non-existence results for weak solutions to quasilinear elliptic equations with Neumann or Robin boundary conditions

2021

Abstract We classify positive solutions to a class of quasilinear equations with Neumann or Robin boundary conditions in convex domains. Our main tool is an integral formula involving the trace of some relevant quantities for the problem. Under a suitable condition on the nonlinearity, a relevant consequence of our results is that we can extend to weak solutions a celebrated result obtained for stable solutions by Casten and Holland and by Matano.

On Boundary Value Problems for ϕ-Laplacian on the Semi-Infinite Interval

2017

The Dirichlet problem and the problem with functional boundary condition for ϕ-Laplacian on the semi-infinite interval are studied as well as solutions between the lower and upper functions.

Continuous spectrum for a two phase eigenvalue problem with an indefinite and unbounded potential

2020

Abstract We consider a two phase eigenvalue problem driven by the ( p , q ) -Laplacian plus an indefinite and unbounded potential, and Robin boundary condition. Using a modification of the Nehari manifold method, we show that there exists a nontrivial open interval I ⊆ R such that every λ ∈ I is an eigenvalue with positive eigenfunctions. When we impose additional regularity conditions on the potential function and the boundary coefficient, we show that we have smooth eigenfunctions.

Nonlocal Third Order Boundary Value Problems with Solutions that Change Sign

2014

We investigate the existence and the number of solutions for a third order boundary value problem with nonlocal boundary conditions in connection with the oscillatory behavior of solutions. The combination of the shooting method and scaling method is used in the proofs of our main results. Examples are included to illustrate the results.

Nonlinear Robin problems with unilateral constraints and dependence on the gradient

2018

We consider a nonlinear Robin problem driven by the p-Laplacian, with unilateral constraints and a reaction term depending also on the gradient (convection term). Using a topological approach based on fixed point theory (the Leray-Schauder alternative principle) and approximating the original problem using the Moreau-Yosida approximations of the subdifferential term, we prove the existence of a smooth solution.