In this article, we study the initial-boundary-value problem for a sixth-order Cahn-Hilliard type equation ut = D μ, μ = γDu− a(u)Du− a′(u) 2 |Du| + f(u) + kut, which describes the separation properties of oil-water mixtures, when a substance enforcing the mixing of the phases is added. The optimal control of the sixth order Cahn-Hilliard type equation under boundary condition is given and the ...

in this work, by employing the krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem, we study the existence of positive solutions of a three-point boundary value problem for the following fourth-order differential equation begin{eqnarray*} left { begin{array}{ll} u^{(4)}(t) -f(t,u(t),u^{prime prime }(t))=0 hspace{1cm} 0 leq t leq 1, & u(0) = u(1)=0, hspace{1cm} alpha u^{prime prime }(0) - beta u^{prime prime...

Collocation method with sixth degree B-splines as basis functions has been developed to solve a fifth order special case boundary value problem. To get an accurate solution by the collocation method with sixth degree B-splines, the original sixth degree B-splines are redefined into a new set of basis functions which in number match with the number of collocation points. The method is tested for...

in this paper, boundary value problems of fractional order are converted into an optimal control problems. then an approximate solution is constructed from translations and dilations of a b-spline function such that the exact boundary conditions are satisfied. the fractional differential operators are taken in the riemann-liouville and caputo sense. several example are given and the optimal err...

This paper deals with a finite element method involving Petrov-Galerkin method with quartic B-splines as basis functions and sextic B-splines as weight functions to solve a general sixth order boundary value problem with a particular case of boundary conditions. The basis functions are redefined into a new set of basis functions which vanish on the boundary where the Dirichlet and Neumann type ...

In this paper, a finite element method involving Petrov-Galerkin method with quartic B-splines as basic functions and quintic B-splines as weight functions has been developed to solve a general sixth order boundary value problem with a particular case of boundary conditions. The basic functions are redefined into a new set of basic functions which vanish on the boundary where the Dirichlet and ...

Recently, Wazwaz [Appl. Math. Comput. 118 (2001) 311–325] applied the Adomian s decomposition method to solve analytically the solution of sixth-order boundary value problems. The same problem is discussed via the variational principle, which reveals to be much more simpler and much more efficient. 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.