Article
Keywords:
telegraph equation; time-dependent boundary condition; single-piston pump; linearized Euler equations; barotropic fluid; boundary condition with discontinuous coefficient; existence; Cauchy problem; periodic solution; compressible fluid flow
Summary:
A mathematical model of a fluid flow in a single-piston pump is formulated and solved. Variation of pressure and rate of flow in suction and delivery piping respectively is described by linearized Euler equations for barotropic fluid. A new phenomenon is introduced by a boundary condition with discontinuous coefficient describing function of a valve. The system of Euler equations is converted to a second order equation in the space $L^2(0,l)$ where $l$ is length of the pipe. The existence, unicity and stability of the solution of the Cauchy problem and the periodic solution is proved under explicit assumptions.
References:
[1] V. Kolarčík: Linear model of a piston pump. Communication during the cooperation of Mathematical Institute of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and Research Institute of Concern Sigma Olomouc in 1984. Also to appear in Acta Technica ČSAV 1987-8.