Application of the group-theoretical method to physical problems

DOI10.2991/JNMP.1998.5.3.6MaRDI QIDQ4498234zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. B. Abd-el-Malek

Publication date 15 August 2000

Published in Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9807190

zbMATH Keywords

continuous groups of transformations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Solutions to PDEs in closed form (35C05) Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects (76D10) Symmetry analysis, Lie group and Lie algebra methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M60)

Abstract: The concept of the theory of continuous groups of transformations has attracted the attention of applied mathematicians and engineers to solve many physical problems in the engineering sciences. Three applications are presented in this paper. The first one is the problem of time-dependent vertical temperature distribution in a stagnant lake. Two cases have been considered for the forms of the water parameters, namely water density and thermal conductivity. The second application is the unsteady free-convective boundary-layer flow on a non-isothermal vertical flat plate. The third application is the study of the dispersion of gaseous pollutants in the presence of a temperature inversion. The results are found in closed form and the effect of parameters are discussed.

Review text

The author considers three physical applications of the group-theoretical methods suggested in [\textit{T. Y. Na}, Computational methods in engineering boundary value problems, Academic Press (1979; Zbl 0456.76002); \textit{R. Seshadri} and \textit{T. Y. Na}, Group invariance in engineering boundary value problems, Springer (1985; Zbl 0566.35001)]. These are 1) time-dependent vertical temperature distribution in a stagnant lake taking into account the effect of external heat source, 2) unsteady free-convective boundary-layer flow on a non-isotermal vertical flat plate, 3) dispersion of gaseous pollutants in the presence of a temperature inversion. The obtained results are found in closed form, and the effect of different parameters is discussed.

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