On the global regularity of shear thinning flows in smooth domains

In some recent papers we have been pursuing regularity results up to the boundary, in W2,l(Ω) spaces for the velocity, and in W1,l(Ω) spaces for the pressure, for fluid flows with shear dependent viscosity. To fix ideas, we assume the classical non-slip boundary condition. From the mathematical point of view it is appropriate to distinguish between the shear thickening case, p>2, and the shear thinning case, p<2, and between flat-boundaries and smooth, arbitrary, boundaries. The p<2 non-flat boundary case is still open. The aim of this work is to extend to smooth boundaries the results proved in reference [H. Beirão da Veiga, On non-Newtonian p-fluids. The pseudo-plastic case, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 344 (1) (2008) 175-185]. This is done here by appealing to a quite general method, introduced in reference [H. Beirão da Veiga, On the Ladyzhenskaya-Smagorinsky turbulence model of the Navier-Stokes equations in smooth domains. The regularity problem, J. Eur. Math. Soc., in press], suitable for considering non-flat boundaries.