The onset of multi-valued solutions of a prescribed mean curvature equation with singular non-linearity

DOI10.1017/S0956792513000077zbMATH Open1292.35142arXiv1110.0890MaRDI QIDQ2866716FDOQ2866716

Authors: Nicholas D. Brubaker, A. E. Lindsay 

Publication date: 13 December 2013

Published in: European Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The existence and multiplicity of solutions to a quasilinear, elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) with singular non-linearity is analyzed. The PDE is a recently derived variant of a canonical model used in the modeling of Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). It is observed that the bifurcation curve of solutions terminates at single dead-end point, beyond which no classical solutions exist. A necessary condition for the existence of solutions is developed which reveals that this dead-end point corresponds to a blow-up in the solution derivative at a point internal to the domain. Using asymptotic analysis, an accurate prediction of this dead end point is obtained. An arc-length parameterization of the solution curve can be employed to continue solutions beyond the dead end point, however, all extra solutions are found to be multi-valued.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0890

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zbMATH Keywords

singular perturbationprescribed mean curvaturemicro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)disappearing solutionssingular non-linearity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bifurcations in context of PDEs (35B32) Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Quasilinear elliptic equations with mean curvature operator (35J93)

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