Blow-up solution of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations under boundary feedback (Q548716)

The authors design the boundary feedback to produce the blow-up solution when the global solutions exist for some very general nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation systems. The system is described by the following nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations with Neumann boundary control \[ \begin{alignedat}{2} (g(w))_t &= \nabla\cdot(a(w)\nabla w)+f(w) \quad&&\text{in } \Omega\times(0,T), \\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial n} &= u &&\text{on }\partial\Omega\times(0,T), \\ w(x,0)&=w_0(x)>0 &&\text{in }\overline\Omega, \end{alignedat} \] where \(u\) is a control, \(f\) is the reaction function, \(g\) is the diffusion function, and \(a\) is the convection function. Some sufficient conditions under which the system admits a unique global solution are given. A time-dependent gain nonlinear proportional boundary feedback control is designed to make the closed-loop system blow-up in a finite time. Finally, some concrete examples are presented to illustrate the applications.