Boolean Algebra and Analysis Using Approximate Step Functions

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok V. Kumar ◽  
Jongho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Boolean Algebra ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Level Set ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Step Function ◽  
Step Functions ◽  
Unit Value ◽  
Solid Models ◽  
Implicit Equations

Implicit equations of curves and surfaces have been shown to be useful for constructing solutions for boundary value problems such that the boundary conditions are satisfied exactly. This application has generated interest in constructing solid models where the geometry is represented using implicit equations rather than parametric equations. In this paper we present a method for constructing step functions of solids that have a unit value within the solid and zero outside. A level set of this step function can then be defined as the boundary of the solid. This step function can be used not only to apply boundary conditions but also to compute volume integrals over the solid. Methods for combining step functions of solid primitives using ordinary and regularized Boolean operations to construct step functions of the Boolean result are also presented.

Step Function Representation of Solid Models and Application to Mesh Free Engineering Analysis

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok V. Kumar ◽  
Jongho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Step Function ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Engineering Analysis ◽  
Step Functions ◽  
Unit Value ◽  
Mesh Free ◽  
Solid Models ◽  
Implicit Equations ◽  
Mesh Free Methods ◽  
Mesh Less

Numerical methods for solving boundary value problems that do not require generation of mesh to approximate the analysis domain have been referred to as mesh-free methods. While many of these are “mesh less” methods that do not have connectivity between nodes, a subset of these methods uses a structured mesh or grid for the analysis that does not conform to the geometry of the domain of analysis. Instead the geometry is represented using implicit equations. In this paper we present a method for constructing step functions of solids whose boundaries are represented using implicit equations. Step functions can be used to compute volume integrals over the solid that are needed for mesh free analysis. The step function of the solid has a unit value within the solid and zero outside. A level set of this step function can then be defined as the boundary of the solid. Boolean operators are defined in this paper that enable step functions of half-spaces and primitives to be combined to construct a single step function for more complex solids. Application of step functions to analysis using nonconforming mesh is illustrated.

scholarly journals WKB expansions for weakly well-posed hyperbolic boundary value problems in a strip: Time depending loss of derivatives

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 557-608
Author(s):  
Antoine Benoit
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Hyperbolic Systems ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Initial Boundary ◽  
Step Function ◽  
Geometric Optics ◽  
Loss Of Derivatives ◽  
Hyperbolic Boundary ◽  
Well Posed

We are interested in geometric optics expansions for linear hyperbolic systems of equations defined in the strip [Formula: see text]. More precisely the aim of this paper is to describe the influence of the boundary conditions on the behavior of the solution. This question has already been addressed in [A. Benoit, Wkb expansions for hyperbolic boundary value problems in a strip: Selfinteraction meets strong well-posedness, J. Inst. Math. Jussieu 19(5) (2020) 1629–1675] for stable boundary conditions. Here we do not require that the boundary conditions lead to strongly well-posed problems but only to weakly well-posed problems (that is loss(es) of derivatives are possible). The question is thus to determine what can be the minimal loss of derivatives in the energy estimate of the solution. The main result of this paper is to show, thanks to geometric optics expansions, that if the strip problem admits a boundary in the so-called [Formula: see text]-class of [S. Benzoni-Gavage, F. Rousset, D. Serre and K. Zumbrun, Generic types and transitions in hyperbolic initial-boundary-value problems, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A 132(5) (2002) 1073–1104] then the loss of derivatives shall be at least increasing with the time of resolution. More precisely this loss is bounded by below by a step function increasing with respect to time which depends on the minimal time needed to perform a full regeneration of the wave packet.

An inhomogeneous problem for an elastic half-strip: An exact solution

2021 ◽  
pp. 108128652199641
Author(s):  
Mikhail D Kovalenko ◽  
Irina V Menshova ◽  
Alexander P Kerzhaev ◽  
Guangming Yu
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solution ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Exact Solutions ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Theory Of Elasticity ◽  
Orthogonality Relation ◽  
Infinite Strip ◽  
Inhomogeneous Problem ◽  
Half Strip

We construct exact solutions of two inhomogeneous boundary value problems in the theory of elasticity for a half-strip with free long sides in the form of series in Papkovich–Fadle eigenfunctions: (a) the half-strip end is free and (b) the half-strip end is firmly clamped. Initially, we construct a solution of the inhomogeneous problem for an infinite strip. Subsequently, the corresponding solutions for a half-strip are added to this solution, whereby the boundary conditions at the end are satisfied. The Papkovich orthogonality relation is used to solve the inhomogeneous problem in a strip.

scholarly journals Solving nonlinear third-order three-point boundary value problems by boundary shape functions methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Lin ◽  
Yuhui Zhang ◽  
Chein-Shan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Accurate Solution ◽  
Point Boundary ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Boundary Shape ◽  
Free Function ◽  
New Algorithms

AbstractFor nonlinear third-order three-point boundary value problems (BVPs), we develop two algorithms to find solutions, which automatically satisfy the specified three-point boundary conditions. We construct a boundary shape function (BSF), which is designed to automatically satisfy the boundary conditions and can be employed to develop new algorithms by assigning two different roles of free function in the BSF. In the first algorithm, we let the free functions be complete functions and the BSFs be the new bases of the solution, which not only satisfy the boundary conditions automatically, but also can be used to find solution by a collocation technique. In the second algorithm, we let the BSF be the solution of the BVP and the free function be another new variable, such that we can transform the BVP to a corresponding initial value problem for the new variable, whose initial conditions are given arbitrarily and terminal values are determined by iterations; hence, we can quickly find very accurate solution of nonlinear third-order three-point BVP through a few iterations. Numerical examples confirm the performance of the new algorithms.

Recovering differential operators with two constant delays under Dirichlet/Neumann boundary conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-241
Author(s):  
Biljana M. Vojvodic ◽  
Vladimir M. Vladicic
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Neumann Boundary ◽  
Neumann Boundary Conditions

AbstractThis paper deals with non-self-adjoint differential operators with two constant delays generated by {-y^{\prime\prime}+q_{1}(x)y(x-\tau_{1})+(-1)^{i}q_{2}(x)y(x-\tau_{2})}, where {\frac{\pi}{3}\leq\tau_{2}<\frac{\pi}{2}<2\tau_{2}\leq\tau_{1}<\pi} and potentials {q_{j}} are real-valued functions, {q_{j}\in L^{2}[0,\pi]}. We will prove that the delays and the potentials are uniquely determined from the spectra of four boundary value problems: two of them under boundary conditions {y(0)=y(\pi)=0} and the remaining two under boundary conditions {y(0)=y^{\prime}(\pi)=0}.

scholarly journals Non-Instantaneous Impulsive Boundary Value Problems Containing Caputo Fractional Derivative of a Function with Respect to Another Function and Riemann–Stieltjes Fractional Integral Boundary Conditions

Axioms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Suphawat Asawasamrit ◽  
Yasintorn Thadang ◽  
Sotiris K. Ntouyas ◽  
Jessada Tariboon
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Fractional Derivative ◽  
Boundary Value Problems ◽  
Caputo Fractional Derivative ◽  
Fractional Integral ◽  
Boundary Value ◽  
Integral Boundary Conditions ◽  
Integral Boundary ◽  
Uniqueness Results ◽  
Nonlinear Alternative

In the present article we study existence and uniqueness results for a new class of boundary value problems consisting by non-instantaneous impulses and Caputo fractional derivative of a function with respect to another function, supplemented with Riemann–Stieltjes fractional integral boundary conditions. The existence of a unique solution is obtained via Banach’s contraction mapping principle, while an existence result is established by using Leray–Schauder nonlinear alternative. Examples illustrating the main results are also constructed.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document