Global existence of weak solutions to a weakly dissipative modified two‐component Dullin–Gottwald–Holm system

We consider a weakly dissipative modified two‐component Dullin–Gottwald–Holm system. The existence of global weak solutions to the system is established. We first give the well‐posedness result of viscous approximate problem and obtain the basic energy estimates. Then, we show that the limit of the viscous approximation solutions is a global weak solution to the system. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Generalized Darcy–Oseen resolvent problem

In this paper, we study the well‐posedness of a coupled Darcy–Oseen resolvent problem, describing the fluid flow between free‐fluid domains and porous media separated by a semipermeable membrane. The influence of osmotic effects, induced by the presence of a semipermeable membrane, on the flow velocity is reflected in the transmission conditions on the surface between the free‐fluid domain and the porous medium. To prove the existence of a weak solution of the generalized Darcy–Oseen resolvent system, we consider two auxiliary problems: a mixed Navier–Dirichlet problem for the generalized Oseen resolvent system and Robin problem for an elliptic equation related to the general Darcy equations. © 2016 The Authors Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

On an incompressible model in radiation hydrodynamics

We consider a simplified model arising in radiation hydrodynamics based on the incompressible Navier–Stokes–Fourier system describing a macroscopic fluid motion coupled to a transport equation modeling the propagation of radiative intensity. We establish global‐in‐time existence for the associated initial‐boundary value problem in the framework of weak solutions. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Diffusion in poro‐plastic media

A model is developed for the flow of a slightly compressible fluid through a saturated inelastic porous medium. The initial‐boundary‐value problem is a system that consists of the diffusion equation for the fluid coupled to the momentum equation for the porous solid together with a constitutive law which includes a possibly hysteretic relation of elasto‐visco‐plastic type. The variational form of this problem in Hilbert space is a non‐linear evolution equation for which the existence and uniqueness of a global strong solution is proved by means of monotonicity methods. Various degenerate situations are permitted, such as incompressible fluid, negligible porosity, or a quasi‐static momentum equation. The essential sufficient conditions for the well‐posedness of the system consist of an ellipticity condition on the term for diffusion of fluid and either a viscous or a hardening assumption in the constitutive relation for the porous solid. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of global weak solutions for a phase–field model of a vesicle moving into a viscous incompressible fluid

We consider in this article a model of vesicle moving into a viscous incompressible fluid. The vesicle is described through a phase–field equation and through a transport equation modeling the local incompressibility of its membrane. The equations for the fluid are the classical Navier–Stokes equations with a force resulting from the presence of the vesicle. Our main result states the existence of weak solutions for the corresponding system. The proof is based on compactness/monotonicity arguments. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

ON THE EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF THE SOLUTION TO THE NAVIER－STOKES EQUATIONS

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The Construction of an Evolution System in the Hyperbolic Case and Applications

We study the Cauchy problem for abstract linear and quasi–linear non–autonomous evolution equations of hyperbolic type using semigroup theory. Under weak differentiability assumptions on the time regularity of the coefficients we prove well–posedness and regularity of a solution. The abstract results are illustrated by their application to a series of equations of mathematical physics.     

Non-linear peristaltic transport in an inclined asymmetric channel

The problem of peristaltic transport of a hydromagnetic (electrically conducting) viscous incompressible fluid in an inclined planar channel having electrically insulated walls has been investigated under long-wavelength and low-Reynolds number assumptions. The channel asymmetry is produced by choosing the peristaltic wave train on the walls to have different amplitudes and phase. The flow is investigated in a wave frame of reference moving with the velocity of the wave. Expressions for velocity field, shear stress and pressure gradient on the wall are obtained. The effects of different parameters entering into the problem are discussed numerically and explained graphically.     

On non‐stationary viscous incompressible flow through a cascade of profiles

The paper deals with theoretical analysis of non‐stationary incompressible flow through a cascade of profiles. The initial‐boundary value problem for the Navier–Stokes system is formulated in a domain representing the exterior to an infinite row of profiles, periodically spaced in one direction. Then the problem is reformulated in a bounded domain of the form of one space period and completed by the Dirichlet boundary condition on the inlet and the profile, a suitable natural boundary condition on the outlet and periodic boundary conditions on artificial cuts. We present a weak formulation and prove the existence of a weak solution. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On generalized Poisson–Nernst–Planck equations with inhomogeneous boundary conditions: a‐priori estimates and stability

In this paper, we consider the strongly nonlinear Nernst–Planck equations coupled with the quasi‐linear Poisson equation under inhomogeneous, moreover, nonlinear boundary conditions. This system describes joint multi‐component electrokinetics in a pore phase. The system is supplemented by the force balance and by the volume and positivity constraints. We establish well‐posedness of the problem in the variational setting. Namely, we prove the existence theorem supported by the energy and the entropy a‐priori estimates, and we provide the Lyapunov stability of the solution as well as its uniqueness in special cases. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modeling of the unsteady flow through a channel with an artificial outflow condition by the Navier–Stokes variational inequality

We prove the global in time existence of a weak solution to the variational inequality of the Navier–Stokes type, simulating the unsteady flow of a viscous fluid through the channel, with the so‐called “do nothing” boundary condition on the outflow. The condition that the solution lies in a certain given, however arbitrarily large, convex set and the use of the variational inequality enables us to derive an energy‐type estimate of the solution. We also discuss the use of a series of other possible outflow “do nothing” boundary conditions.     

Stability of the superposition of rarefaction wave and contact discontinuity for the non‐isentropic Navier–Stokes–Poisson system

This paper is devoted to the study of the nonlinear stability of the composite wave consisting of a rarefaction wave and a viscous contact discontinuity wave of the non‐isentropic Navier–Stokes–Poisson system with free boundary. We first construct the composite wave through the quasineutral Euler equations and then prove that the composite wave is time asymptotically stable under small perturbations for the corresponding initial‐boundary value problem of the non‐isentropic Navier–Stokes–Poisson system. Only the strength of the viscous contact wave is required to be small. However, the strength of the rarefaction wave can be arbitrarily large. In our analysis, the domain decomposition plays an important role in obtaining the zero‐order energy estimates. By introducing this technique, we successfully overcome the difficulty caused by the critical terms involved with the linear term, which does not satisfy the quasineural assumption for the composite wave. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the existence of weak solutions to the equations of non‐stationary motion of heat‐conducting incompressible viscous fluids

This paper is concerned with the equations of non‐stationary motion in 3D of heat‐conducting incompressible viscous fluids with temperature‐dependent viscosity. The conservation of internal energy includes the usual dissipation term. We prove the existence of a ‘weak solution with defect measure’ to the system of PDEs under consideration. Our method of proof is based on a regularization of the equations of conservation of momentum. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A note on Prandtl boundary layers

This note concerns nonlinear ill‐posedness of the Prandtl equation and an invalidity of asymptotic boundary layer expansions of incompressible fluid flows near a solid boundary. Our analysis is built upon recent remarkable linear illposedness results established by Gérard‐Varet and Dormy and an analysis by Guo and Tice. We show that the asymptotic boundary layer expansion is not valid for nonmonotonic shear layer flows in Sobolev spaces. We also introduce a notion of weak well‐posedness and prove that the nonlinear Prandtl equation is not well‐posed in this sense near nonstationary and nonmonotonic shear flows. On the other hand, we are able to verify that Oleinik's monotonic solutions are well‐posed. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A coupled chemotaxis-fluid model: Global existence

We consider a model arising from biology, consisting of chemotaxis equations coupled to viscous incompressible fluid equations through transport and external forcing. Global existence of solutions to the Cauchy problem is investigated under certain conditions. Precisely, for the chemotaxis-Navier-Stokes system in two space dimensions, we obtain global existence for large data. In three space dimensions, we prove global existence of weak solutions for the chemotaxis-Stokes system with nonlinear diffusion for the cell density.     

A degenerate elliptic-parabolic system arising in competitive contaminant transport

The objective of this work is to study a coupled system of degenerate and nonlinear partial differential equations governing the transport of reactive solutes in groundwater. We show that this system admits a unique weak solution provided the nonlinear adsorption isotherm associated with the reaction process satisfies certain physically reasonable structural conditions, by addressing a more general problem. In addition, we conclude, that the solute concentrations stay non-negative if the source term is componentwise non-negative and investigate numerically the finite speed of propagation of compactly supported initial concentrations, in a two-component test case.     

Steady compressible Navier–Stokes equations in domains with non‐compact boundaries

We consider the steady compressible Navier–Stokes equations of isentropic flow in three‐dimensional domains with several exits to infinity with prescribed pressure drops. On the one hand, when each exit is supposed to contain a cone inside, we shall construct bounded energy weak solution for adiabatic constant γ>3. On the other hand, when the exits do not open sufficiently rapidly, we shall prove a non‐existence result. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A free boundary problem in an absorbing porous material with saturation dependent permeability

We prove a well posedness result for a free boundary problem describing the filtration of an incompressible viscous fluid in a porous medium containing water absorbing granules.?The location of the wetting front (the free boundary) is described by a Stefan like problem for a parabolic equation which is coupled with an hyperbolic equation describing the absorption kinetic of the granules. Received December 1999     

Boundary layers for parabolic perturbations of quasi‐linear hyperbolic problems

In this paper, we study the asymptotic relation between the solutions to the one‐dimensional viscous conservation laws with the Dirichlet boundary condition and the associated inviscid solution. We assume that the viscosity matrix is positive definite, then we prove the existence and the stability of the weak boundary layers by discussing nonlinear well‐posedness of the inviscid flow with certain boundary conditions. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.