APPENDIX A
Proof of Theorem 1. (1) We apply the Laplace transform to Eqs. (2.1) with respect to the spatial coordinate x considering the first boundary condition in (2.2). (For details, see [12, item 80, formulas (6) and (7)].) As a result,
$$\left\{ \begin{gathered} ({{c}^{2}}{{q}^{2}} - {{p}^{2}})\bar {\bar {\varphi }}(q) - \beta q\bar {\bar {\theta }}(q) = {{z}_{1}}(q), \hfill \\ - {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}qp\bar {\bar {\varphi }}(q) + (a{{q}^{2}} - p)\bar {\bar {\theta }}(q) = {{z}_{2}}(q), \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right.$$
(A.1)
where z1(q) = \({{c}^{2}}q\bar {\varphi }(0)\) – \(\beta \bar {\theta }(0)\) and z2(q) = \(aq\bar {\theta }(0)\) + \(a\frac{{\partial \bar {\theta }}}{{\partial x}}(0)\) – \({{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}p\bar {\varphi }(0)\).
In view of these expressions for zi(q), the solution of system (A.l) in (\(\bar {\bar {\varphi }}\)(q), \(\bar {\bar {\theta }}\)(q)) is given by
$$\bar {\bar {\varphi }}(q) = \frac{{a{{c}^{2}}{{q}^{3}}\bar {\varphi }(0) + {{B}_{1}}q + \beta p\bar {\theta }(0)}}{{\Delta (q)}},$$
(A.2)
$$\bar {\bar {\theta }}(q) = \frac{{a{{c}^{2}}{{q}^{3}}\bar {\theta }(0) + a{{c}^{2}}{{q}^{2}}\frac{{\partial \bar {\theta }}}{{\partial x}}(0) + {{B}_{2}}{{p}^{2}} - {{b}_{2}}qp\bar {\theta }(0)}}{{\Delta (q)}},$$
(A.3)
where
$$\Delta (q) = a{{c}^{2}}\left( {{{q}^{2}} - {{\rho }_{1}}} \right)\left( {{{q}^{2}} - {{\rho }_{2}}} \right),\quad {{\rho }_{{1,2}}} = \frac{{p(ap + {{b}_{1}}) \pm R}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}},$$
$$R = ap\sqrt {{{{(p + \mu )}}^{2}} + {{y}^{2}}} ,\quad \mu = \frac{{\beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}} - {{c}^{2}}}}{a},\quad y = 2\frac{c}{a}\sqrt {\beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}} ,$$
$${{b}_{1}} = \beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}} + {{c}^{2}},\quad {{b}_{2}} = \beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}} + ap,$$
$${{B}_{1}} = \beta a\frac{{\partial \bar {\theta }}}{{\partial x}}(0) - {{b}_{1}}p\bar {\varphi }(0),\quad {{B}_{2}} = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}p\bar {\varphi }(0) - a\frac{{\partial \bar {\theta }}}{{\partial x}}(0).$$
Based on the relation
$$\frac{1}{{\Delta (q)}} = \frac{1}{R}\left( {\frac{1}{{{{q}^{2}} - {{\rho }_{1}}}} - \frac{1}{{{{q}^{2}} - {{\rho }_{2}}}}} \right),$$
(A.4)
from (A.2) and (A.3) we pass to the original functions with respect to the coordinate x:
$$\bar {\varphi }(x) = a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{3}}(x)\bar {\varphi }(0) + {{D}_{1}}(x){{B}_{1}} + \beta p{{D}_{0}}(x)\bar {\theta }(0),$$
(A.5)
$$\bar {\theta }(x) = a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{3}}(x)\bar {\theta }(0) + a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{2}}(x)\frac{{\partial \bar {\theta }}}{{\partial x}}(0) - {{b}_{2}}p{{D}_{1}}(x)\bar {\theta }(0) + {{p}^{2}}{{D}_{0}}(x){{B}_{2}},$$
(A.6)
where
$${{D}_{j}}(x) = \frac{1}{R}\left( {\rho _{1}^{{(j - 1)/2}}\sinh \left( {x\sqrt {{{\rho }_{1}}} } \right) - \rho _{2}^{{(j - 1)/2}}\sinh \left( {x\sqrt {{{\rho }_{2}}} } \right)} \right)\quad (j = 0;2),$$
$${{D}_{j}}(x) = \frac{1}{R}\left( {\rho _{1}^{{(j - 1)/2}}\cosh \left( {x\sqrt {{{\rho }_{1}}} } \right) - \rho _{2}^{{(j - 1)/2}}\cosh \left( {x\sqrt {{{\rho }_{2}}} } \right)} \right)\quad (j = 1;3).$$
(The details can be found in [12, item 80, formula (4)].)
Due to (A.5) and the first condition in (2.3), the second boundary condition in (2.2) takes the form
$${{p}^{2}}\left[ {\left( {a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{3}}(l) - {{b}_{1}}p{{D}_{1}}(l)} \right)\bar {\varphi }(0) + \beta (p{{D}_{0}}(l) + a\kappa {{D}_{1}}(l))\bar {\theta }(0)} \right] = \bar {u}.$$
(A.7)
According to (A.6), the second condition in (2.3) reduces to
$$\begin{gathered} a{{c}^{2}}({{D}_{4}}(l) + \kappa {{D}_{3}}(l))\bar {\theta }(0) + a{{c}^{2}}\kappa ({{D}_{3}}(l) + \kappa {{D}_{2}}(l))\bar {\theta }(0) \\ - \;{{b}_{2}}p({{D}_{2}}(l) + \kappa {{D}_{1}}(l))\bar {\theta }(0) + {{p}^{2}}({{D}_{1}}(l) + \kappa {{D}_{0}}(l))\left( {{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}p\bar {\varphi }(0) - \kappa a\bar {\theta }(0)} \right) = 0, \\ \end{gathered} $$
(A.8)
where
$${{D}_{4}}(l) = \frac{1}{R}\left( {\rho _{1}^{{3/2}}\sinh \left( {x\sqrt {{{\rho }_{1}}} } \right) - \rho _{2}^{{3/2}}\sinh \left( {x\sqrt {{{\rho }_{2}}} } \right)} \right).$$
Conditions (A.7) and (A.8) make up the following system of equations in the vector \(\left( \begin{gathered} \bar {\varphi }(0) \\ \bar {\theta }(0) \\ \end{gathered} \right)\):
$$A\left( \begin{gathered} \bar {\varphi }(0) \\ \bar {\theta }(0) \\ \end{gathered} \right) = \left( \begin{gathered} {\bar {u}} \\ 0 \\ \end{gathered} \right),$$
(A.9)
where A = (ajk; j, k = 1, 2), a11 = p2(ac2D3(l) – b1pD1(l)),
$${{a}_{{12}}} = \beta {{p}^{2}}(\kappa a{{D}_{1}}(l) + p{{D}_{0}}(l)),\quad {{a}_{{21}}} = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{3}}({{D}_{1}}(l) + \kappa {{D}_{0}}(l)),$$
$${{a}_{{22}}} = a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{4}}(l) + 2\kappa a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{3}}(l) + \left( {{{\kappa }^{2}}a{{c}^{2}} - {{b}_{2}}p} \right){{D}_{2}}(l)$$
$$ - \;\kappa p(2ap + \beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}){{D}_{1}}(l) - {{\kappa }^{2}}a{{p}^{2}}{{D}_{0}}(l).$$
The solution of system (A.9) is given by
$$\left( \begin{gathered} \bar {\varphi }(0) \\ \bar {\theta }(0) \\ \end{gathered} \right) = \left( \begin{gathered} {{a}_{{22}}} \\ - {{a}_{{21}}} \\ \end{gathered} \right)\frac{{\bar {u}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}},$$
(A.10)
where ΔA = a11a22 – a12a21.
Substituting (A.10) into (A.5) and (A.6) and using the formula for Bi and the first condition in (2.3), we finally arrive at the following expressions for \(\bar {\varphi }\)(x) and \(\bar {\theta }\)(x):
$$\bar {\varphi }(x) = \left\{ {{{a}_{{22}}}\left[ {a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{3}}(x) - {{b}_{1}}p{{D}_{1}}(x)} \right] - \beta {{a}_{{21}}}\left[ {\kappa a{{D}_{1}}(x) + p{{D}_{0}}(x)} \right]} \right\}\frac{{\bar {u}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}},$$
(A.11)
$$\bar {\theta }(x) = \left\{ {{{a}_{{22}}}{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{3}}{{D}_{0}}(x) + {{a}_{{21}}}\left[ { - a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{3}}(x) - \kappa a{{c}^{2}}{{D}_{2}}(x) + {{b}_{2}}p{{D}_{1}}(x) + \kappa a{{p}^{2}}{{D}_{0}}(x)} \right]} \right\}\frac{{\bar {u}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}}.$$
(A.12)
APPENDIX B
Proof of Theorem 2. (1) In the neighborhood of the origin on the plane C, the functions R and ρj ( j = 1, 2; see the explanations for (2.4) and (2.5)) can be represented as
$$R = {{b}_{1}}p(1 + O(p)),\quad {{\rho }_{1}} = \frac{{{{b}_{1}}p}}{{a{{c}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)),\quad {{\rho }_{2}} = O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right).$$
(B.1)
(2) In the neighborhood of the origin on the plane C, the functions Dj(x) ( j = 0\( \div \)4) can be represented as follows:
$${{D}_{0}}(x) = \frac{{{{x}^{3}}}}{6}\frac{{{{\rho }_{1}} - {{\rho }_{2}}}}{R} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = \frac{{{{x}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right),$$
(B.2)
$${{D}_{1}}(x) = \frac{{{{x}^{2}}}}{2}\frac{{{{\rho }_{1}} - {{\rho }_{2}}}}{R} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = \frac{{{{x}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right),$$
(B.3)
$${{D}_{2}}(x) = x\frac{{{{\rho }_{1}} - {{\rho }_{2}}}}{R} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = \frac{x}{{a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right),$$
(B.4)
$${{D}_{3}}(x) = \frac{{{{\rho }_{1}} - {{\rho }_{2}}}}{R} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = \frac{1}{{a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right),$$
(B.5)
$${{D}_{4}}(x) = x\frac{{\rho _{1}^{2} - \rho _{2}^{2}}}{R} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = x\frac{{{{\rho }_{1}} + {{\rho }_{2}}}}{{a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = x\frac{{{{b}_{1}}}}{{{{a}^{2}}{{c}^{4}}}}p + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right).$$
(B.6)
(3) In the neighborhood of the origin on the plane C, the functions ajk ( j, k = 1, 2; see the explanations for (A.9)) can be represented as follows:
$${{a}_{{11}}} = {{p}^{2}}\left( {1 - \frac{{{{b}_{1}}{{l}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}}p + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = {{p}^{2}}(1 + O(p)),$$
(B.7)
$${{a}_{{12}}} = \beta {{p}^{2}}\left( {\frac{{{{l}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}}p + \kappa \frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{2{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = \beta \kappa \frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{2{{c}^{2}}}}{{p}^{2}}(1 + O(p)),$$
(B.8)
$${{a}_{{21}}} = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{3}}\left( {\frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}} + \kappa \frac{{{{l}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{3}}\frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}}\left( {1 + \kappa \frac{l}{3}} \right)\left( {1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right),$$
(B.9)
$$\begin{gathered} {{a}_{{22}}} = \frac{{{{b}_{1}}l}}{{a{{c}^{2}}}}p + 2\kappa + l\left( {{{\kappa }^{2}} - \frac{{{{b}_{2}}}}{{a{{c}^{2}}}}p} \right) - \kappa p\frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{{{c}^{2}}}}\left( {p + \frac{{\beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}}}{{2a}}} \right) \\ - \;{{\kappa }^{2}}{{p}^{2}}\frac{{{{l}^{3}}}}{{6{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = \kappa (2 + \kappa l)(1 + O(p)). \\ \end{gathered} $$
(B.10)
(4) In the neighborhood of the origin on the plane C, the function ΔA (see the explanations for (A.10)) and the ratios \(\frac{{{{a}_{{2j}}}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}}\) ( j = 1, 2; see (2.4) and (2.5)) can be represented as
$$\begin{gathered} {{\Delta }_{A}} = {{p}^{2}}\kappa (2 + \kappa l)(1 + O(p)) - {{p}^{5}}\kappa \frac{{\beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{l}^{4}}}}{{4a{{c}^{4}}}}\left( {1 + \kappa \frac{l}{3}} \right)(1 + O(p)) \\ = {{p}^{2}}\kappa (2 + \kappa l)(1 + O(p)), \\ \end{gathered} $$
(B.11)
$$\frac{{{{a}_{{21}}}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}} = p\frac{{{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{l}^{2}}(1 + \kappa l{\text{/}}3)}}{{2\kappa a{{c}^{2}}(2 + \kappa l)}}(1 + O(p)) = p\frac{{{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{l}^{2}}(3 + \kappa l)}}{{6\kappa a{{c}^{2}}(2 + \kappa l)}}(1 + O(p)),$$
(B.12)
$$\frac{{{{a}_{{22}}}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}} = \frac{1}{{{{p}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)).$$
(B.13)
(5) In the neighborhood of the origin on the plane C, the transfer functions \({{W}_{{u \to \varphi (x)}}}\) and \({{W}_{{u \to \theta (x)}}}\) can be represented as
$$\begin{gathered} {{W}_{{u \to \varphi (x)}}} = \frac{1}{{{{p}^{2}}}}\left( {1 - p\frac{{{{b}_{1}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}}{{x}^{2}}} \right)\left( {1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) \\ - \;p\frac{{\beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{l}^{2}}(1 + \kappa l{\text{/}}3)}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}\kappa (2 + \kappa l)}}\left( {\kappa \frac{{{{x}^{2}}}}{{2{{c}^{2}}}} + p\frac{{{{x}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = \frac{1}{{{{p}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)), \\ \end{gathered} $$
(B.14)
$$\begin{gathered} {{W}_{{u \to \theta }}}_{{(x)}} = p{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}\left[ {\frac{{{{x}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}} - \frac{{{{l}^{2}}(3 + \kappa l)}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}\kappa (2 + \kappa l)}}\left( {1 + \kappa x - p{{x}^{2}}\frac{{{{b}_{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}} - {{p}^{2}}{{x}^{3}}\frac{\kappa }{{6{{c}^{2}}}}} \right)} \right](1 + O(p)) \\ = p\frac{{{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}}\left[ {{{x}^{3}} - {{l}^{2}}\frac{{3 + \kappa l}}{{2 + \kappa l}}\left( {x + \frac{1}{\kappa }} \right)} \right](1 + O(p)). \\ \end{gathered} $$
(B.15)
APPENDIX C
Proof of Theorem 3. (1) Due to (3.5) and (3.6), in the neighborhood of the origin on the plane C, the functions ajk ( j, k = 1, 2) for κ = 0 can be represented as follows:
$${{a}_{{11}}} = {{p}^{2}}(1 + O(p))\quad ({\text{coincides with (B}}{\text{.7)}}),$$
(C.1)
$${{a}_{{12}}} = \beta {{p}^{3}}\left( {\frac{{{{l}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = \beta {{p}^{3}}\frac{{{{l}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}}\left( {1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right),$$
(C.2)
$${{a}_{{21}}} = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{3}}\left( {\frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{3}}\frac{{{{l}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}}\left( {1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right),$$
(C.3)
$${{a}_{{22}}} = p\frac{l}{{a{{c}^{2}}}}({{b}_{1}} - {{b}_{2}}) + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = p\frac{l}{{a{{c}^{2}}}}\left( {{{c}^{2}} - ap} \right) + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) = p\frac{l}{a}(1 + O(p)).$$
(C.4)
(2) Consequently,
$${{\Delta }_{A}} = {{p}^{3}}\frac{l}{a}(1 + O(p)) - \beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}{{p}^{6}}\frac{{{{l}^{5}}}}{{12{{a}^{2}}{{c}^{4}}}}\left( {1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = {{p}^{3}}\frac{l}{a}(1 + O(p)),$$
(C.5)
$$\frac{{{{a}_{{21}}}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}} = {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}\frac{l}{{2{{c}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)),\quad \frac{{{{a}_{{22}}}}}{{{{\Delta }_{A}}}} = \frac{1}{{{{p}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)).$$
(C.6)
(3) As a result, we obtain
$$\begin{gathered} {{W}_{{u \to \varphi }}}_{{(x)}} = \frac{{1 + O(p)}}{{{{p}^{2}}}}\left[ {1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right) - {{b}_{1}}p\left( {\frac{{{{x}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right)} \right] \\ - \;p\beta {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}\left( {\frac{{l{{x}^{3}}}}{{12a{{c}^{4}}}} + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right) = \frac{1}{{{{p}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)), \\ \end{gathered} $$
(C.7)
$$\begin{gathered} {{W}_{{u \to \theta }}}_{{(x)}} = p{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}\frac{{{{x}^{3}}}}{{6a{{c}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)) \\ + \;{{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}\frac{l}{{2{{c}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p))\left[ {p{{b}_{2}}\frac{{{{x}^{2}}}}{{2a{{c}^{2}}}} - 1 + O\left( {{{p}^{2}}} \right)} \right] = - {{\beta }_{{{\text{therm}}}}}\frac{l}{{2{{c}^{2}}}}(1 + O(p)). \\ \end{gathered} $$
(C.8)