A new path to the non blow-up of incompressible flows

One of the most challenging questions in fluid dynamics is whether the three-dimensional (3D) incompressible Navier-Stokes, 3D Euler and two-dimensional Quasi-Geostrophic (2D QG) equations can develop a finite-time singularity from smooth initial data. Recently, from a numerical point of view, Luo & Hou presented a class of potentially singular solutions to the Euler equations in a fluid with solid boundary [1], [2]. Furthermore, in two recent papers [3], [4], Tao indicates a significant barrier to establishing global regularity for the 3D Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, in that any method for achieving this, must use the finer geometric structure of these equations. In this paper, we show that the singularity discovered by Luo & Hou which lies right on the boundary is not relevant in the case of the whole domain ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. We reveal also that the translation and rotation invariance present in the Euler, Navier-Stokes and 2D QG equations are the key for the non blow-up in finite time of the solutions. The translation and rotation invariance of these equations combined with the anisotropic structure of regions of high vorticity allowed to establish a new geometric non blow-up criterion which yield us to the non blow-up of the solutions in all the Kerr's numerical experiments and to show that the potential mechanism of blow-up introduced in [5] cannot lead to the blow-up in finite time of solutions of Euler equations.     

Further Remarks on the Luo–Hou’s Ansatz for a Self-similar Solution to the 3D Euler Equations

It is shown that the self-similar ansatz proposed by T. Hou and G. Luo to describe a singular solution of the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations leads, without assuming any asymptotic condition on the self-similar profiles, to an overdetermined system of partial differential equations that produces two families of solutions: a class of trivial solutions in which the vorticity field is identically zero, and a family of solutions that blow-up immediately, where the vorticity field is governed by a stationary regime. In any case, the analytical properties of these solutions are not consistent with the numerical observations reported by T. Hou and G. Luo. Therefore, this result is a refinement of the previous work published by D. Chae and T.-P. Tsai on this matter, where the authors found the trivial class of solutions under a certain decay condition of the blow-up profiles.     

A study on the global regularity for a model of the 3D axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations

This paper investigates the global regularity issue concerning a model equation proposed by Hou and Lei (2008) [9] to understand the stabilizing effects of the nonlinear terms in the 3D axisymmetric Navier-Stokes and Euler equations. We establish the global regularity of a generalized version of their model with a fractional Laplacian when the fractional power satisfies an explicit condition. This condition is exactly the same as in the case of the 3D generalized Navier-Stokes equations and is due to the balance between a more regular nonlinearity and a less effective (five-dimensional) Laplacian.     

Blow-up theorem for semilinear wave equations with non-zero initial position

One of the features of solutions of semilinear wave equations can be found in blow-up results for non-compactly supported data. In spite of finite propagation speed of the linear wave, we have no global in time solution for any power nonlinearity if the spatial decay of the initial data is weak. This was first observed by Asakura (1986) [2] finding out a critical decay to ensure the global existence of the solution. But the blow-up result is available only for zero initial position having positive speed.In this paper the blow-up theorem for non-zero initial position by Uesaka (2009) [22] is extended to higher-dimensional case. And the assumption on the nonlinear term is relaxed to include an example, |u|^p−1u. Moreover the critical decay of the initial position is clarified by example.     

Local well-posedness for the homogeneous Euler equations

We introduce Triebel-Lizorkin-Lorentz function spaces, based on the Lorentz L^p,q-spaces instead of the standard L^p-spaces, and prove a local-in-time unique existence and a blow-up criterion of solutions in those spaces for the Euler equations of inviscid incompressible fluid in Rⁿ,n≥2. As a corollary we obtain global existence of solutions to the 2D Euler equations in the Triebel-Lizorkin-Lorentz space. For the proof, we establish the Beale-Kato-Majda type logarithmic inequality and commutator estimates in our spaces. The key methods of proof used are the Littlewood-Paley decomposition and the paradifferential calculus by J.M. Bony.     

光滑区域上二维无黏性无热传导Boussinesq方程组与三维轴对称不可压Euler方程组的指数增长全局光滑解

研究二维无黏性无热传导Boussinesq方程组和三维轴对称不可压Euler方程组光滑解的增长情况,找各种区域使其上的方程组有快增长的解。对Boussinesq方程组,通过选取初始温度和速度的一个分量,可以把方程去耦为两部分。从关于涡量的部分求出涡量、速度场和使结论成立的区域,从关于温度的部分,可见温度的高阶导的增长仅依赖于速度场的一个分量。通过适当选取该分量,得到温度高阶导有指数增长的全局光滑解。对轴对称Euler方程组做类似的处理,适当选取速度场的径向分量,可把方程组去耦,最终得到一类光滑区域,在其上方程组有指数增长全局光滑解。该研究把Chae、Constantin、Wu对一个二维锥形区域上无黏性无热传导Boussinesq方程的结果,推广到一类光滑区域上, 并把他们的方法应用到三维轴对称不可压Euler方程组, 得到了类似的结果。     

Refined a priori estimates for the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we consider the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations, and provide a refined a priori estimate for the swirl component of the vorticity. This extends Theorem 2 of [D. Chae, J. Lee, On the regularity of the axisymmetric solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, Math. Z., 239 (2002), 645--671].     

On the deformations of the incompressible Euler equations

We consider systems of deformed system of equations, which are obtained by some transformations from the system of incompressible Euler equations. These have similar properties to the original Euler equations including the scaling invariance. For one form of deformed system we prove that finite time blow-up actually occurs for ‘generic’ initial data, while for the other form of the deformed system we prove the global in time regularity for smooth initial data. Moreover, using the explicit functional relations between the solutions of those deformed systems and that of the original Euler system, we derive the condition of finite time blow-up of the Euler system in terms of solutions of one of its deformed systems. As another application of those relations we deduce a lower estimate of the possible blow-up time of the 3D Euler equations. This research was supported partially by the KOSEF Grant no. R01-2005-000-10077-0     

A remark on the Beale-Kato-Majda criterion for the 3D MHD equations with zero kinematic viscosity

In this paper,we study the blow-up criterion of smooth solutions to the 3D magneto-hydrodynamic system in ˙ B 0 ∞,∞.We show that a smooth solution of the 3D MHD equations with zero kinematic viscosity in the whole space R 3 breaks down if and only if certain norm of the vorticity blows up at the same time.     

Regularity criterion of axisymmetric weak solutions to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations

We consider the regularity of axisymmetric weak solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations in R³. Let u be an axisymmetric weak solution in R³×(0,T), w=curlu, and wθ be the azimuthal component of w in the cylindrical coordinates. Chae-Lee [D. Chae, J. Lee, On the regularity of axisymmetric solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, Math. Z. 239 (2002) 645-671] proved the regularity of weak solutions under the condition wθ∈Lq(0,T;Lr), with , . We deal with the marginal case r=∞ which they excluded. It is proved that u becomes a regular solution if .     

Global subsonic Euler flows in an infinitely long axisymmetric nozzle

In this paper, we consider global subsonic compressible flows through an infinitely long axisymmetric nozzle. The flow is governed by the steady Euler equations and has boundary conditions on the nozzle walls. Existence and uniqueness of global subsonic solution are established for an infinitely long axisymmetric nozzle, when the variation of Bernoulli's function in the upstream is sufficiently small and the mass flux of the incoming flow is less than some critical value. The results give a strictly mathematical proof to the assertion in Bers (1958) [2]: there exists a critical value of the incoming mass flux such that a global subsonic flow exists uniquely in a nozzle, provided that the incoming mass flux is less than the critical value. The existence of subsonic flow is obtained by the precisely a priori estimates for the elliptic equation of two variables. With the assumptions on the nozzle in the far fields, the asymptotic behavior can be derived by a blow-up argument for the infinitely long nozzle. Finally, we obtain the uniqueness of uniformly subsonic flow by energy estimate and derive the existence of the critical value of incoming mass flux.     

On a parabolic logarithmic Sobolev inequality

In order to extend the blow-up criterion of solutions to the Euler equations, Kozono and Taniuchi [H. Kozono, Y. Taniuchi, Limiting case of the Sobolev inequality in BMO, with application to the Euler equations, Comm. Math. Phys. 214 (2000) 191-200] have proved a logarithmic Sobolev inequality by means of isotropic (elliptic) BMO norm. In this paper, we show a parabolic version of the Kozono-Taniuchi inequality by means of anisotropic (parabolic) BMO norm. More precisely we give an upper bound for the L^∞ norm of a function in terms of its parabolic BMO norm, up to a logarithmic correction involving its norm in some Sobolev space. As an application, we also explain how to apply this inequality in order to establish a long-time existence result for a class of nonlinear parabolic problems.     

On the time discretization for the globally modified three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations

In this work, we analyze the discrete in time 3D system for the globally modified Navier-Stokes equations introduced by Caraballo (2006) [1]. More precisely, we consider the backward implicit Euler scheme, and prove the existence of a sequence of solutions of the resulting equations by implementing the Galerkin method combined with Brouwer’s fixed point approach. Moreover, with the aid of discrete Gronwall’s lemmas we prove that for the time step small enough, and the initial velocity in the domain of the Stokes operator, the solution is H² uniformly stable in time, depends continuously on initial data, and is unique. Finally, we obtain the limiting behavior of the system as the parameter N is big enough.     

On strong convergence to 3D steady vortex sheets

In this paper, we first establish a strong convergence criterion of approximate solutions for the 3D steady incompressible Euler equations. For axisymmetric flows, under the assumption that the vorticity is of one sign and uniformly bounded in L¹ space, we obtain a sufficient and necessary condition for the strong convergence in of approximate solutions. Furthermore, for one-sign and L¹-bounded vorticity, it is shown that if a sequence of approximate solutions concentrates at an isolated point in (r,z)-plane, then the concentration point can appear neither in the region near the axis (including the symmetry axis itself) nor in the region far away from the axis. Finally, we present an example of approximates solutions which converge strongly in by using Hill's spherical vortex.     

Résultats de régularité de solutions axisymétriques pour le système de Navier-Stokes

In the first part of the paper, we prove the existence of a unique global solution to the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes system with initial data and external force with . This improves the result obtained by S. Leonardi, J. Málek, J. Necǎs and M. Pokorný [S. Leonardi, J. Málek, J. Necǎs, M. Pokorný, On axially symmetric flows in R³, Zeitschrift für analysis und ihre anwendungen, J. Anal. Appl. 18 (3) (1999) 639-649], where H²(R³) regularity was required. In the second part, we state global existence and uniqueness for the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes system with initial data in W2,p(R³) and external force in with 1<p<2. This also improves [S. Leonardi, J. Málek, J. Necǎs, M. Pokorný, On axially symmetric flows in R³, Zeitschrift für analysis und ihre anwendungen, J. Anal. Appl. 18 (3) (1999) 639-649] because less integrability is required on v₀ and on f.     

Optimal uniqueness theorems and exact blow-up rates of large solutions

In this paper, we prove some optimal uniqueness results for large solutions of a canonical class of semilinear equations under minimal regularity conditions on the weight function in front of the non-linearity and combine these results with the localization method introduced in [López-Gómez, The boundary blow-up rate of large solutions, J. Differential Equations 195 (2003) 25-45] to prove that any large solution L of Δu=a(x)u^p, p>1, a>0, must satisfy

     

The lifespan for 3D quasilinear wave equations with nonlinear damping terms

In this paper, we study the initial-boundary value problem for a system of nonlinear wave equations, involving nonlinear damping terms, in a bounded domain Ω. The nonexistence of global solutions is discussed under some conditions on the given parameters. Estimates on the lifespan of solutions are also given. Our results extend and generalize the recent results in [K. Agre, M.A. Rammaha, System of nonlinear wave equations with damping and source terms, Differential Integral Equations 19 (2006) 1235-1270], especially, the blow-up of weak solutions in the case of non-negative energy.     

Existence and continuous dependence of large solutions for the magnetohydrodynamic equations

Global solutions of the nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with general large initial data are investigated. First the existence and uniqueness of global solutions are established with large initial data in H ¹. It is shown that neither shock waves nor vacuum and concentration are developed in a finite time, although there is a complex interaction between the hydrodynamic and magnetodynamic effects. Then the continuous dependence of solutions upon the initial data is proved. The equivalence between the well-posedness problems of the system in Euler and Lagrangian coordinates is also showed.     

Effect of a protection zone in the diffusive Leslie predator-prey model

In this paper, we consider the diffusive Leslie predator-prey model with large intrinsic predator growth rate, and investigate the change of behavior of the model when a simple protection zone Ω₀ for the prey is introduced. As in earlier work [Y. Du, J. Shi, A diffusive predator-prey model with a protection zone, J. Differential Equations 229 (2006) 63-91; Y. Du, X. Liang, A diffusive competition model with a protection zone, J. Differential Equations 244 (2008) 61-86] we show the existence of a critical patch size of the protection zone, determined by the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the Laplacian over Ω₀ and the intrinsic growth rate of the prey, so that there is fundamental change of the dynamical behavior of the model only when Ω₀ is above the critical patch size. However, our research here reveals significant difference of the model's behavior from the predator-prey model studied in [Y. Du, J. Shi, A diffusive predator-prey model with a protection zone, J. Differential Equations 229 (2006) 63-91] with the same kind of protection zone. We show that the asymptotic profile of the population distribution of the Leslie model is governed by a standard boundary blow-up problem, and classical or degenerate logistic equations.