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The fixed-point theory is first used to consider the stability for stochastic partial differential equations with delays. Some conditions for the exponential stability in pth mean as well as in sample path of mild solutions are given. These conditions do not require the monotone decreasing behavior of the delays, which is necessary in [T. Caraballo, K. Liu, Exponential stability of mild solutions of stochastic partial differential equations with delays, Stoch. Anal. Appl. 17 (1999) 743-763; Ruhollan Jahanipur, Stability of stochastic delay evolution equations with monotone nonlinearity, Stoch. Anal. Appl. 21 (2003) 161-181]. Even in this special case, our results also improve the results in [T. Caraballo, K. Liu, Exponential stability of mild solutions of stochastic partial differential equations with delays, Stoch. Anal. Appl. 17 (1999) 743-763].

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In this paper, we study the existence and asymptotic stability in pth moment of mild solutions to nonlinear impulsive stochastic partial differential equations with infinite delay. By employing a fixed point approach, sufficient conditions are derived for achieving the required result. These conditions do not require the monotone decreasing behaviour of the delays.

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Based on annual average PM2.5 gridded dataset, this study first analyzed the spatiotemporal pattern of PM2.5 across Mainland China during 1998–2012. Then facilitated with meteorological site data, land cover data, population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data, etc., the contributions of latent geographic factors, including socioeconomic factors (e.g., road, agriculture, population, industry) and natural geographical factors (e.g., topography, climate, vegetation) to PM2.5 were explored through Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) model. The results revealed that PM2.5 concentrations increased while the spatial pattern remained stable, and the proportion of areas with PM2.5 concentrations greater than 35 μg/m3 significantly increased from 23.08% to 29.89%. Moreover, road, agriculture, population and vegetation showed the most significant impacts on PM2.5. Additionally, the Moran’s I for the residuals of GWR was 0.025 (not significant at a 0.01 level), indicating that the GWR model was properly specified. The local coefficient estimates of GDP in some cities were negative, suggesting the existence of the inverted-U shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for PM2.5 in Mainland China. The effects of each latent factor on PM2.5 in various regions were different. Therefore, regional measures and strategies for controlling PM2.5 should be formulated in terms of the local impacts of specific factors.

Excitation of Görtler vortices in a boundary layer over a concave wall by free-stream vortical disturbances is studied theoretically and numerically. Attention is focused on disturbances with long streamwise wavelengths, to which the boundary layer is most receptive. The appropriate initial-boundary-value problem describing both the receptivity process and the development of the induced perturbation is formulated for the generic case where the Görtler number GΛ (based on the spanwise wavelength Λ of the disturbance) is of order one. The impact of free-stream disturbances on the boundary layer is accounted for by the far-field boundary condition and the initial condition near the leading edge, both of which turn out to be the same as those given by Leib, Wundrow & Goldstein (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 380, 1999, p. 169) for the flat-plate boundary layer. Numerical solutions show that for a sufficiently small GΛ, the induced perturbation exhibits essentially the same characteristics as streaks occurring in the flat-plate case: it undergoes considerable amplification and then decays. However, when GΛ exceeds a critical value, the induced perturbation exhibits (quasi-) exponential growth. The perturbation acquires the modal shape of Görtler vortices rather quickly, and its growth rate approaches that predicted by local instability theories farther downstream, indicating that Görtler vortices are excited. The amplitude of the Görtler vortices excited is found to decrease as the frequency increases, with steady vortices being dominant. Comprehensive quantitative comparisons with experiments show that the eigenvalue approach predicts the modal shape adequately, but only the initial-value approach can accurately predict the entire evolution of the amplitude. An asymptotic analysis is performed for GΛ ≫ 1 to map out distinct regimes through which a perturbation with a fixed spanwise wavelength evolves. The centrifugal force starts to influence the generation of the pressure when x* ~ ΛRΛG−2/3Λ, where RΛ denotes the Reynolds number based on Λ. The induced pressure leads to full coupling of the momentum equations when x* ~ ΛRΛGΛ−2/5. This is the crucial regime linking the pre-modal and modal phases of the perturbation because the governing equations admit growing asymptotic eigensolutions, which develop into fully fledged Görtler vortices of inviscid nature when x* ~ ΛRΛ. From this position onwards, local eigenvalue formulations are mathematically justified. Görtler vortices continue to amplify and enter the so-called most unstable regime when x* ~ ΛRΛGΛ, and ultimately approach the right-branch regime when x* ~ ΛRΛG2Λ.

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