Existence of global strong solutions for Navier–Stokes equations with external force

We consider the initial boundary value problems (IBVPs) for 1D isentropic compressible Navier–Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity coefficients and external force. If the initial data is regular, the existence and uniqueness of global strong solution to IBVP are proved in this article.     

Existence of solutions for a class of Navier–Stokes equations with infinite delay

In this paper, a class of Navier–Stokes equations with infinite delay is considered. It includes delays in the convective and the forcing terms. We discuss the existence of mild and classical solutions for the problem. We establish the results for an abstract delay problem by using the fact that the Stokes operator is the infinitesimal generator of an analytic semigroup of bounded linear operators. Finally, we apply these abstract results to our particular situation.     

Existence of global weak solutions for a 3D Navier–Stokes–Poisson–Korteweg equations

The purpose of this work is to study the global-in-time existence of weak solutions of a viscous capillary model of plasma expressed as a so-called Navier–Stokes–Poisson–Korteweg model for large data in three-dimensional space. Using the compactness argument, we prove the existence of global weak solutions in the classical sense to such system with a cold pressure.     

On very weak solutions of the stationary Navier–Stokes equations

We study the stationary Navier–Stokes equations in a bounded domain Ω of R ³ with smooth connected boundary. The notion of very weak solutions has been introduced by Marušić-Paloka (Appl. Math. Optim. 41:365–375, 2000), Galdi et al. (Math. Ann. 331:41–74, 2005) and Kim (Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 193:117–152, 2009) to obtain solvability results for the Navier–Stokes equations with very irregular data. In this article, we prove a complete solvability result which unifies those in Marušić-Paloka (Appl. Math. Optim. 41:365–375, 2000), Galdi et al. (Math. Ann. 331:41–74, 2005) and Kim (Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 193:117–152, 2009) by adapting the arguments in Choe and Kim (Preprint) and Kim and Kozono (Preprint).     

On the uniqueness of weak solutions for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations

In this paper, we improve some known uniqueness results of weak solutions for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations. The proof uses the Fourier localization technique and the losing derivative estimates.     

Local regularity for suitable weak solutions of Navier–Stokes equations near the boundary

A class of sufficient conditions for the local boundary regularity of suitable weak solutions of nonstationary three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations is discussed. The corresponding results are stated in terms of functionals invariant with respect to the scaling of Navier–Stokes equations. Bibliography: 26 titles.     

Two-grid stabilized algorithms for the steady Navier–Stokes equations with damping

This paper presents and studies three two-grid stabilized quadratic equal-order finite element algorithms based on two local Gauss integrations for the steady Navier–Stokes equations with damping. In these algorithms, we first solve a stabilized nonlinear problem on a coarse grid, and then pass the coarse grid solution to a fine grid and solve a stabilized linear problem. Using some nonlinear analysis techniques, we analyze stability of the algorithms and derive optimal order error estimates of the approximate solutions. Theoretical and numerical results show that, when the algorithmic parameters are chosen appropriately, the accuracy of the approximate solutions computed by our two-grid stabilized algorithms is comparable to that of solving a fully stabilized nonlinear problem on the same fine grid; however, our two-grid algorithms save a large amount of CPU time than the one-grid stabilized algorithm.     

A new regularity criterion for weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations

In this paper we obtain a new regularity criterion for weak solutions to the 3-D Navier–Stokes equations. We show that if any one component of the velocity field belongs to $L^{\alpha }([0,T);L^{\gamma }({\mathbb{R}}^3))$ with $\raisebox{1ex}{$2$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$\alpha $}\right.+\raisebox{1ex}{$3$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$\gamma $}\right.⩽\raisebox{1ex}{$1$}\!\left/ \!\raisebox{-1ex}{$2$}\right.$, $6<\gamma ⩽\infty$, then the weak solution actually is regular and unique.     

On local regularity for suitable weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations near the boundary

A class of sufficient conditions for local boundary regularity of suitable weak solutions of nonstationary three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations is discussed. The corresponding results are stated in terms of functionals, which are invariant with respect to the scaling of the Navier–Stokes equations. Bibliography: 27 titles.     

Regularity of weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in exterior domains

Let u be a weak solution of the Navier–Stokes equations in an exterior domain ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3}Let u be a weak solution of the Navier–Stokes equations in an exterior domain W ì \mathbbR³{\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3} and a time interval [0, T[ , 0 < T ≤ ∞, with initial value u ₀, external force f = div F, and satisfying the strong energy inequality. It is well known that global regularity for u is an unsolved problem unless we state additional conditions on the data u ₀ and f or on the solution u itself such as Serrin’s condition || u ||_{L^s(0,T; L^q(W))} < ￥{\| u \|_{L^s(0,T; L^q(\Omega))} < \infty} with 2 < s < ￥, \frac2s + \frac3q = 1{2 < s < \infty, \frac{2}{s} + \frac{3}{q} =1}. In this paper, we generalize results on local in time regularity for bounded domains, see Farwig et al. (Indiana Univ Math J 56:2111–2131, 2007; J Math Fluid Mech 11:1–14, 2008; Banach Center Publ 81:175–184, 2008), to exterior domains. If e.g. u fulfills Serrin’s condition in a left-side neighborhood of t or if the norm || u ||_{L^s￠(t-d,t; L^q(W))}{\| u \|_{L^{s'}(t-\delta,t; L^q(\Omega))}} converges to 0 sufficiently fast as δ → 0 + , where ${\frac{2}{s'} + \frac{3}{q} > 1}${\frac{2}{s'} + \frac{3}{q} > 1}, then u is regular at t. The same conclusion holds when the kinetic energy \frac12|| u(t) ||₂²{\frac{1}{2}\| u(t) \|_2^2} is locally H?lder continuous with exponent ${\alpha > \frac{1}{2}}${\alpha > \frac{1}{2}}.     

Stability behaviors of Leray weak solutions to the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations

This paper is devoted to the investigation of stability behaviors of Leray weak solutions to the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations. For a Leray weak solution of the Navier–Stokes equations in a critical Besov space, it is shown that the Leray weak solution is uniformly stable with respect to a small perturbation of initial velocity and external forcing. If the perturbation is not small, the perturbed weak solution converges asymptotically to the original weak solution as the time tends to the infinity. Additionally, an energy equality and weak–strong uniqueness for the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations are derived. The findings are mainly based on the estimations of the nonlinear term of the Navier–Stokes equations in a Besov space framework, the use of special test functions and the energy estimate method.     

Blowup of solutions for the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity coefficients

We study the blowup phenomena of solutions to the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity coefficients in arbitrary dimensions. By constructing a family of self-similar analytical solutions with spherical symmetry, some interesting information including the blowup and expanding properties are shown. In addition, the case of constant viscosity coefficients is also considered. The approach is based on the phase plane method.     

Qualitative behaviour of solutions for the two-phase Navier–Stokes equations with surface tension

The two-phase free boundary value problem for the isothermal Navier–Stokes system is studied for general bounded geometries in absence of phase transitions, external forces and boundary contacts. It is shown that the problem is well-posed in an $L_p$ -setting, and that it generates a local semiflow on the induced state manifold. If the phases are connected, the set of equilibria of the system forms a $(n+1)$ -dimensional manifold, each equilibrium is stable, and it is shown that global solutions which do not develop singularities converge to an equilibrium as time goes to infinity. The latter is proved by means of the energy functional combined with the generalized principle of linearized stability.