The motion of whips and chains

DOI10.1016/J.JDE.2011.05.005zbMATH Open1233.35137arXiv1105.1944OpenAlexW2059352377MaRDI QIDQ549227FDOQ549227

Authors: Stephen C. Preston 

Publication date: 7 July 2011

Published in: Journal of Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the motion of an inextensible string (a whip) fixed at one point in the absence of gravity, satisfying the equations ${\displaystyle }$ eta_{tt} = partial_s(sigma eta_s), qquad sigma_{ss}-lvert eta_{ss} vert^2 = -lvert eta_{st} vert^2, qquad lvert eta_s vert^2 equiv 1 ${\displaystyle }$ with boundary conditions $eta(t,1)=0$ and $sigma(t,0)=0$. We prove local existence and uniqueness in the space defined by the weighted Sobolev energy ${\displaystyle }$ sum_{ell=0}^m int_0^1 s^{ell} lvert partial_s^{ell}eta_t vert^2 , ds + int_0^1 s^{ell+1} lvert partial_s^{ell+1}eta vert^2 , ds, ${\displaystyle }$ when $mge3$. In addition we show persistence of smooth solutions as long as the energy for $m=3$ remains bounded. We do this via the method of lines, approximating with a discrete system of coupled pendula (a chain) for which the same estimates hold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.1944

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zbMATH Keywords

energy estimatesweighted Sobolev spacelocal existence and uniquenesscoupled pendulamotion of discrete chains

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Second-order quasilinear hyperbolic equations (35L72) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Strings (74K05) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order hyperbolic systems (35L53)

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