Conformal mapping of some non-harmonic functions in transport theory

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2003.1218zbMATH Open1088.76066arXivphysics/0302086OpenAlexW2021121177WikidataQ108167854 ScholiaQ108167854MaRDI QIDQ4668192FDOQ4668192

Authors: Martin Z. Bazant 

Publication date: 18 April 2005

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Conformal mapping has been applied mostly to harmonic functions, i.e. solutions of Laplace's equation. In this paper, it is noted that some other equations are also conformally invariant and thus equally well suited for conformal mapping in two dimensions. In physics, these include steady states of various nonlinear diffusion equations, the advection-diffusion equations for potential flows, and the Nernst-Planck equations for bulk electrochemical transport. Exact solutions for complicated geometries are obtained by conformal mapping to simple geometries in the usual way. Novel examples include nonlinear advection-diffusion layers around absorbing objects and concentration polarizations in electrochemical cells. Although some of these results could be obtained by other methods, such as Boussinesq's streamline coordinates, the present approach is based on a simple unifying principle of more general applicability. It reveals a basic geometrical equivalence of similarity solutions for a broad class of transport processes and paves the way for new applications of conformal mapping, e.g. to non-Laplacian fractal growth.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0302086

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zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear diffusion equationadvection-diffusion equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion (76R50) Conformal mappings of special domains (30C20) Complex variables methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M40)

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