Distributed space scales in a semilinear reaction-diffusion system including a parabolic variational inequality: A well-posedness study

zbMATH Open1427.35119arXiv1202.1917MaRDI QIDQ4913655FDOQ4913655

Authors: Tasnim Fatima, Adrian Muntean, Toyohiko Aiki 

Publication date: 8 April 2013

Abstract: This paper treats the solvability of a semilinear reaction-diffusion system, which incorporates transport (diffusion) and reaction effects emerging from two separated spatial scales: $x$ - macro and $y$ - micro. The system's origin connects to the modeling of concrete corrosion in sewer concrete pipes. It consists of three partial differential equations which are mass-balances of concentrations, as well as, one ordinary differential equation tracking the damage-by-corrosion. The system is semilinear, partially dissipative, and coupled via the solid-water interface at the microstructure (pore) level. The structure of the model equations is obtained in cite{tasnim1} by upscaling of the physical and chemical processes taking place within the microstructure of the concrete. Herein we ensure the positivity and $L^{i}nfty-$bounds on concentrations, and then prove the global-in-time existence and uniqueness of a suitable class of positive and bounded solutions that are stable with respect to the two-scale data and model parameters. The main ingredient to prove existence include fixed-point arguments and convergent two-scale Galerkin approximations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.1917

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zbMATH Keywords

well-posednessparabolic variational inequalityreaction and diffusion in heterogeneous mediatwo-scale Galerkin approximations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Variational inequalities (49J40) Diffusion (76R50) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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• Multiscale model for moisture transport with adsorption phenomenon in concrete materials
• Macroscopic models for a mushy region in concrete corrosion
• Mathematical modelling of a mushy region formation during sulphation of calcium carbonate

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