Asymptotic expansion for convection-dominated transport in a thin graph-like junction

DOI10.1142/S0219530524500040arXiv2208.05812MaRDI QIDQ6506399FDOQ6506399

Ch. Rohde, T. A. Mel'nik

Abstract: We consider for a small parameter $varepsilon>0$ a parabolic convection-diffusion problem with P'eclet number of order $mathcalO(varepsilo{n}^{-1})$ in a three-dimensional graph-like junction consisting of thin curvilinear cylinders with radii of order $mathcalO(varepsilon)$ connected through a domain (node) of diameter $mathcalO(varepsilon).$ Inhomogeneous Neumann type boundary conditions, that involve convective and diffusive fluxes, are prescribed both on the lateral surfaces of the thin cylinders and the boundary of the node. The asymptotic behaviour of the solution is studied as $varepsilono0,$ i.e., when the diffusion coefficients are eliminated and the thin junction is shrunk into a three-part graph connected in a single vertex. A rigorous procedure for the construction of the complete asymptotic expansion of the solution is developed and the corresponding energetic and uniform pointwise estimates are proven. Depending on the directions of the limit convective fluxes, the corresponding limit problems $(varepsilon=0)$ are derived in the form of first-order hyperbolic differential equations on the one-dimensional branches with novel gluing conditions at the vertex. These generalize the classical Kirchhoff transmission conditions and might require the solution of a three-dimensional cell-like problem associated with the vertex to account for the local geometric inhomogeneity of the node and the physical processes in the node. The asymptotic ansatz consists of three parts, namely, the regular part, node-layer part, and boundary-layer one. Their coefficients are classical solutions to mixed-dimensional limit problems. The existence and other properties of those solutions are analyzed.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) A priori estimates in context of PDEs (35B45) Singular perturbations in context of PDEs (35B25) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations (35K20) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) PDEs on graphs and networks (ramified or polygonal spaces) (35R02) Transport equations (35Q49)

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