The Westervelt--Pennes--Cattaneo model: local well-posedness and singular limit for vanishing relaxation time

From MaRDI portal
Publication:6432271




Abstract: In this work, we investigate a mathematical model of nonlinear ultrasonic heating based on a coupled system of the Westervelt equation and the hyperbolic Pennes bioheat equation (Westervelt--Pennes--Cattaneo model). Using the energy method together with a fixed point argument, we prove that our model is locally well-posed and does not degenerate under a smallness assumption on the pressure data in the Westervelt equation. In addition, we perform a singular limit analysis and show that the Westervelt--Pennes--Fourier model can be seen as an approximation of the Westervelt--Pennes--Cattaneo model as the relaxation parameter tends to zero. This is done by deriving uniform bounds of the solution with respect to the relaxation parameter.










This page was built for publication: The Westervelt--Pennes--Cattaneo model: local well-posedness and singular limit for vanishing relaxation time

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6432271)