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Myoungjean Bae

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology · Mathematics

About the Lab

Professor Myoungjean Bae's research lab specializes in the mathematical analysis of compressible fluid dynamics, with a primary focus on the steady Euler–Poisson system governing subsonic and supersonic flows in various geometric settings. The lab investigates the existence, uniqueness, and structural stability of solutions, particularly subsonic and supersonic flows with or without swirl, in ducts, nozzles, and cylindrical domains. Key analytical tools include Helmholtz decomposition, stream function formulations, and energy estimates for nonlinear elliptic systems. The lab also explores shock wave configurations, such as Prandtl-Meyer reflection, and the long-time asymptotic behavior of unsteady flows converging to steady states.

Euler-Poisson systemsubsonic flowsupersonic flowstructural stabilityelliptic systems

Research Overview

Papers
35
Total Citations
348
Papers (5y)
11
Primary Field
Mathematics

Research Output Trend

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Publications per year (5y)
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Citations per year (5y)
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Selected Papers

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Article|59 citations·2011
Transonic Shocks in Multidimensional Divergent Nozzles
Myoungjean Bae, Mikhail Feldman
SJR Q1Archive for Rational Mechanics and AnalysisOA
Applied MathematicsMathematics
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Article|50 citations·2015
Subsonic Flow for the Multidimensional Euler–Poisson System
Myoungjean Bae, Ben Duan, Chunjing Xie
SJR Q1Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Applied MathematicsMathematics
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Article|45 citations·2014
Subsonic Solutions for Steady Euler--Poisson System in Two-Dimensional Nozzles
Myoungjean Bae, Ben Duan, Chunjing Xie
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Mathematical AnalysisOA

In this paper, we prove the existence and stability of subsonic flows for a steady full Euler--Poisson system in a two-dimensional nozzle of finite length when imposing the electric potential difference on a noninsulated boundary from a fixed point at the entrance, and prescribing pressure at the exit of the nozzle. The Euler--Poisson system for subsonic flow is a hyperbolic-elliptic coupled nonlinear system. One of the crucial ingredients of this work is the combination of Helmholtz decompositi

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4
Article|31 citations·2020
Structural Stability of Supersonic Solutions to the Euler–Poisson System
Myoungjean Bae, Ben Duan, Jingjing Xiao, Chunjing Xie
SJR Q1Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Applied MathematicsMathematics
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Article|30 citations·2017
3-D axisymmetric subsonic flows with nonzero swirl for the compressible Euler–Poisson system
Myoungjean Bae, Shangkun Weng
SJR Q1Annales de l Institut Henri Poincaré C Analyse Non Linéaire

We address the structural stability of 3-D axisymmetric subsonic flows with nonzero swirl for the steady compressible Euler–Poisson system in a cylinder supplemented with non-small boundary data. A special Helmholtz decomposition of the velocity field is introduced for 3-D axisymmetric flow with a nonzero swirl (= angular momentum density) component. With the newly introduced decomposition, a quasilinear elliptic system of second order is derived from the elliptic modes in Euler–Poisson system f

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Article|22 citations·2013
Prandtl-Meyer reflection for supersonic flow past a solid ramp
Myoungjean Bae, Gui‐Qiang Chen, Mikhail Feldman
SJR Q2Quarterly of Applied MathematicsOA

We present our recent results on the Prandtl-Meyer reflection for supersonic potential flow past a solid ramp. When a steady supersonic flow passes a solid ramp, there are two possible configurations: the weak shock solution and the strong shock solution. Elling-Liu’s theorem (2008) indicates that the steady supersonic weak shock solution can be regarded as a long-time asymptotic state of an unsteady flow for a class of physical parameters determined by certain assumptions for potential flow. In

Applied MathematicsMathematics
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Article|21 citations·2015
Two-dimensional subsonic flows with self-gravitation in bounded domain
Myoungjean Bae, Ben Duan, Chunjing Xie
SJR Q1Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

We investigate two-dimensional steady Euler–Poisson system which describes the motion of compressible self-gravitating flows. The unique existence and stability of subsonic flows in a duct of finite length are obtained when prescribing the entropy at the entrance and the pressure at the exit. After introducing the stream function, the Euler–Poisson system can be decomposed into several transport equations and a second-order nonlinear elliptic system. We discover an energy estimate for the associ

Applied MathematicsMathematics
8
Article|15 citations·2016
Stability of contact discontinuity for steady Euler system in the infinite duct
Myoungjean Bae

In this paper, we prove structural stability of contact discontinuities for full Euler system.

Applied MathematicsMathematics
9
Article|13 citations·2021
Three-dimensional supersonic flows of Euler-Poisson system for potential flow
Myoungjean Bae, Hyangdong Park
SJR Q2Communications on Pure &amp Applied AnalysisOA

<p style="text-indent:20px;">We prove the unique existence of supersonic solutions of the Euler-Poisson system for potential flow in a three-dimensional rectangular cylinder when prescribing the velocity and the strength of electric field at the entrance. Overall, the main framework is similar to [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b1">1</xref>], but there are several technical differences to be taken care of vary carefully. And, it is our main goal to treat all the technical differences occurring when

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10
Article|12 citations·2019
Contact Discontinuities for 2-Dimensional Inviscid Compressible Flows in Infinitely Long Nozzles
Myoungjean Bae, Hyangdong Park
SJR Q1SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

We prove the existence of a subsonic weak solution $({u}, \rho, p)$ to a steady Euler system in a two-dimensional infinitely long nozzle when prescribing the value of the entropy $(= \frac{p}{\rho^{\gamma}})$ at the entrance by a piecewise $C^2$ function with a discontinuity at a point. Due to the variable entropy condition with a discontinuity at the entrance, the corresponding solution has a nonzero vorticity and contains a contact discontinuity $x_2=g_D(x_1)$. We construct such a solution via

Applied MathematicsMathematics
11
Preprint|11 citations·2019
Prandtl-Meyer Reflection Configurations, Transonic Shocks, and Free Boundary Problems
Myoungjean Bae, Gui‐Qiang Chen, Mikhail Feldman
arXiv (Cornell University)OA

We are concerned with the Prandtl-Meyer reflection configurations of unsteady global solutions for supersonic flow impinging upon a symmetric solid wedge. Prandtl (1936) first employed the shock polar analysis to show that there are two possible steady configurations: the steady weak and strong shock solutions, when a steady supersonic flow impinges upon the wedge whose angle is less than the detachment angle, and then conjectured that the steady weak shock solution is physically admissible. The

Applied MathematicsMathematics
12
Article|10 citations·2019
Contact discontinuities for 3-D axisymmetric inviscid compressible flows in infinitely long cylinders
Myoungjean Bae, Hyangdong Park
SJR Q1Journal of Differential Equations
Applied MathematicsMathematics
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Article|8 citations·2018
Radial transonic shock solutions of Euler-Poisson system in convergent nozzles
Myoungjean Bae, Yong Il Park
SJR Q2Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - SOA

Given constant data of density $ρ_0$, velocity $-u_0{\bf e}_r$, pressure $p_0$ and electric force $-E_0{\bf e}_r$ for supersonic flow at the entrance, and constant pressure $p_{\rm ex}$ for subsonic flow at the exit, we prove that Euler-Poisson system admits a unique transonic shock solution in a two dimensional convergent nozzle, provided that $u_0&gt;0$, $E_0&gt;0$, and that $E_0$ is sufficiently large depending on $(ρ_0, u_0, p_0)$ and the length of the nozzle.

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Preprint|3 citations·2016
Two dimensional supersonic solutions for the steady Euler-Poisson system in a bounded domain
Myoungjean Bae, Ben Duan, Jingjing Xiao, Chunjing Xie
arXiv (Cornell University)OA

We establish the unique existence and stability of supersonic flow for steady Euler-Poisson system in a two dimensional rectangular domain when prescribing pressure, incoming flow angles, and normal electric field at the entrance. With the aid of Helmholtz decomposition for the velocity field, the supersonic flows of the Euler-Poisson system are obtained as solutions to a nonlinear system consisting of a second order hyperbolic-elliptic coupled system and several transport equations. The new fea

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Preprint|3 citations·2018
Contact discontinuities for 2-D inviscid compressible flows in infinitely long nozzles
Myoungjean Bae, Hyangdong Park
arXiv (Cornell University)OA

We prove the existence of a subsonic weak solution $({\bf u}, ρ, p)$ to steady Euler system in a two-dimensional infinitely long nozzle when prescribing the value of the entropy $(= \frac{p}{ρ^γ})$ at the entrance by a piecewise $C^2$ function with a discontinuity at a point. Due to the variable entropy condition with a discontinuity at the entrance, the corresponding solution has a nonzero vorticity and contains a contact discontinuity $x_2=g_D(x_1)$. We construct such a solution via Helmholtz

Applied MathematicsMathematics

Research Areas

Applied MathematicsComputational MechanicsMathematical Physics

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