Von Karman Evolution Equations - (Springer Monographs in Mathematics) by Igor Chueshov & Irena Lasiecka (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book presents results on well-posedness, regularity and long-time behavior of non-linear dynamic plate (shell) models described by von Karman evolutions. The coverage is comprehensive and elf-contained, and the theory applies to many similar dynamics.

Book Synopsis

In the study of mathematical models that arise in the context of concrete - plications, the following two questions are of fundamental importance: (i) we- posedness of the model, including existence and uniqueness of solutions; and (ii) qualitative properties of solutions. A positive answer to the ?rst question, - ing of prime interest on purely mathematical grounds, also provides an important test of the viability of the model as a description of a given physical phenomenon. An answer or insight to the second question provides a wealth of information about the model, hence about the process it describes. Of particular interest are questions related to long-time behavior of solutions. Such an evolution property cannot be v- i?ed empirically, thus any in a-priori information about the long-time asymptotics can be used in predicting an ultimate long-time response and dynamical behavior of solutions. In recent years, this set of investigations has attracted a great deal of attention. Consequent efforts have then resulted in the creation and infusion of new methods and new tools that have been responsible for carrying out a successful an- ysis of long-time behavior of several classes of nonlinear PDEs.

From the Back Cover

The main goal of this book is to discuss and present results on well-posedness, regularity and long-time behavior of non-linear dynamic plate (shell) models described by von Karman evolutions. While many of the results presented here are the outgrowth of very recent studies by the authors, including a number of new original results here in print for the first time authors have provided a comprehensive and reasonably self-contained exposition of the general topic outlined above. This includes supplying all the functional analytic framework along with the function space theory as pertinent in the study of nonlinear plate models and more generally second order in time abstract evolution equations. While von Karman evolutions are the object under considerations, the methods developed transcendent this specific model and may be applied to many other equations, systems which exhibit similar hyperbolic or ultra-hyperbolic behavior (e.g. Berger's plate equations, Mindlin-Timoschenko systems, Kirchhoff-Boussinesq equations etc). In order to achieve a reasonable level of generality, the theoretical tools presented in the book are fairly abstract and tuned to general classes of second-order (in time) evolution equations, which are defined on abstract Banach spaces. The mathematical machinery needed to establish well-posedness of these dynamical systems, their regularity and long-time behavior is developed at the abstract level, where the needed hypotheses are axiomatized. This approach allows to look at von Karman evolutions as just one of the examples of a much broader class of evolutions. The generality of the approach and techniques developed are applicable (as shown in the book) to many other dynamics sharing certain rather general properties. Extensive background material provided in the monograph and self-contained presentation make this book suitable as a graduate textbook.

Review Quotes

From the book reviews:

"The monograph investigates von Kármán evolution equations from the point of view of the existence and uniqueness and asymptotic behavior of a solution. ... The monograph is nicely written and contains results based on new developments in the subject. It can be recommended to experts working in partial differential equations and dynamical systems and also to physicists and engineers interested in the asymptotic analysis of dissipative systems arising in continuum mechanics." (Igor Bock, zbMATH, Vol. 1298, 2014)

"The authors present an in-depth account of the state of the art in the field ... . The book presents in a self-contained and comprehensive manner all necessary analytical tools as well as a wealth of applications. Many of the results included in this volume are either available for the first time in book form or are even entirely new. Without doubt it will set the standard for the field for years to come." (M. Kunzinger, Monatshefte für Mathematik, Vol. 167 (1), July, 2012)

"This almost 800-page monograph ... is probably the most detailed treatise ever written on the von Karman evolution equations ... . The appendix provides the necessary background and preliminary material used throughout the book. The book contains a number of original results that appear in print for the first time. ... All the mathematical methods and asymptotic models discussed in the book were developed with real physical and engineering problems in mind. ... can be a solid basis for further finite element numerical analysis." (Alexander Figotin, SIAM Review, Vol. 53 (3), 2011)