Construction of exact solutions of the problem of the motion of a fluid with a free boundary using infinite systems of differential equations

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We consider the well-known hydrodynamics problem for the planar potential motion of an ideal incompressible fluid with a free boundary without capillarity and...     

On the problem of dynamic contact angle

Plane motion of a viscous incompressible fluid bounded by a rectangular rigid wall and a free boundary of constant form is investigated. The free boundary is in contact with the rigid wall at a point which moves along the wall, coming into contact with it at a constant rate. The asymptotics of the velocity field near the point of contact is computed under the assumption that the motion is stationary in the coordinate system attached to the moving free boundary and, that the energy is dissipated as a finite rate.     

Energy decay and global solutions for a damped free boundary fluid–elastic structure interface model with variable coefficients in elasticity

ABSTRACT

We study a free boundary fluid-structure interaction model. In the model, a viscous incompressible fluid interacts with an elastic body via the common boundary. The motion of the fluid is governed by Navier–Stokes equations while the displacement of the elastic structure is described by variable coefficient wave equations. The dissipation is placed on the common boundary between the fluid and the elastic body. Given small initial data, the global existence of the solutions of this system is proved and the exponential decay of solutions is obtained.     

Weak Solutions for the Motion of a Self-propelled Deformable Structure in a Viscous Incompressible Fluid

We consider the three-dimensional motion of a self-propelled deformable structure into a viscous incompressible fluid. The deformation of the solid is given whereas its position is unknown. Such a system could model the propulsion of fish-like swimmers. The equations of motion of the fluid are the Navier-Stokes equations and the equations for the structure are deduced from Newton’s laws. The corresponding system is a free boundary problem and the main result of the paper is the existence of weak solutions for this problem.     

Stability of steady flows of perfect incompressible fluid with a free boundary : PMM vol. 42, no. 6, 1978, pp. 1049–1055

The criterion of stability of steady flow of a perfect incompressible fluid bounded by solid walls, indicated by Amol'd [1, 2], is extended to the case when a part of the flow region boundary is free and subjected to surface tension.     

Ill-posedness of the nonlinear problem of the development of Taylor instability

One considers the problem of unsteady motion of a layer of an ideal incompressible fluid with a free boundary under the presence of Taylor instability. One proves a theorem on the nonexistence of solutions In the class of initial data possessing a finite smoothness.     

Unsteady motion of a finite mass of fluid,bounded by a free surface

It is proved that the problem with a free boundary for the Navier-Stokes equations, describing the motion of a finite mass of viscous, incompressible capillary fluid, has a unique solution for all t > 0 if the domain occupied by the fluid is nearly a ball and the velocity vector field is small at the initial moment.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 152, pp. 137–157, 1986.     

On the free boundary problem to the two viscous immiscible fluids

In this paper, we prove the local solvability of the free boundary problem describing the motion of two layers of immiscible, heavy, viscous, incompressible fluid lying above an infinite rigid bottom and with surface tension on the interfaces, and global solvability near the equilibrium state.     

Three‐dimensional Stokes flow caused by a translating–rotating sphere bisected by a free surface bounding a semi‐infinite micropolar fluid

Explicit velocity and microrotation components and systematic calculation of hydrodynamic quasistatic drag and couple in terms of nondimensional coefficients are presented for the flow problem of an incompressible asymmetrical steady semi‐infinite micropolar fluid arising from the motion of a sphere bisected by a free surface bounding a semi‐infinite micropolar fluid. Two asymmetrical cases are considered for the motion of the sphere: parallel translation to the free surface and rotation about a diameter which is lying in the free surface. The speed of the translational motion and the angular speed for the rotational motion of the sphere are assumed to be small so that the nonlinear terms in the equations of motion can be neglected under the usual Stokesian approximation. A linear slip, Basset‐type, boundary condition has been used. The variation of the resistance coefficients is studied numerically and plotted versus the micropolarity parameter and slip parameter. The two limiting cases of no‐slip and perfect slip are then recovered. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Identification of a free boundary in Norton–Hoff flows with thermal effects

This work deals with a free boundary identification problem in a steady viscoplastic flow. We provide a novel identification model based on a non-linear optimization. The fluid motion is governed by the incompressible Norton–Hoff model coupled with the heat equation. The viscosity of the fluid is modeled by the non-linear Arrhenius law. Our point of view is to treat the problem as a shape sensitivity of a cost functional formulated on the free boundary and governed by the normal component of the velocity of the flow. We analyze the mathematical statement of the forward problem. The equations related to the free boundary are simplified. Various properties of this optimization are proved. Since the state of Norton–Hoff model is not regular enough we introduce a parameter penalization. The shape gradient of the considered cost functional is given in the strong sense up to the parameter of penalization. We supply the expression of the shape gradient in a weak sense.     

Motion of a vortex filament in the half-space

A model equation for the motion of a vortex filament immersed in three-dimensional, incompressible and inviscid fluid is investigated as a preliminary attempt to model the motion of a tornado. We solve an initial–boundary value problem in the half-space, where we impose a boundary condition in which the vortex filament is allowed to move on the boundary.     

On the motion of a rigid body immersed in a bidimensional incompressible perfect fluid

We consider the motion of a rigid body immersed in a bidimensional incompressible perfect fluid. The motion of the fluid is governed by the Euler equations and the conservation laws of linear and angular momentum rule the dynamics of the rigid body. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a global classical solution for this fluid–structure interaction problem. The proof relies mainly on weighted estimates for the vorticity associated with the strong solution of a fluid–structure interaction problem obtained by incorporating some viscosity.     

On the stability of uniformly rotating liquid in a weak magnetic field

We analyze the simplest free boundary problem of magnetohydrodynamics governing the evolution of an isolated mass of a viscous incompressible liquid in the presence of the magnetic field. The motion of the liquid is governed by the Navier–Stokes equations, and for the magnetic field we have the Maxwell equations with an excluded displacement current. The magnetic field should be determined not only in the domain filled with the liquid, but also in the surrounding vacuum region. On the free boundary of the liquid standard jump conditions for the magnetic field are prescribed, as well as kinematic and dynamic boundary conditions, where the magnetic stress tensor is taken into account. We prove that the solution corresponding to a rigid rotation of the fluid and to zero magnetic field is stable if the functional of potential energy has a positive second variation. Bibliography: 11 titles.     

On the free boundary problem of three‐dimensional incompressible Euler equations

In this paper, we consider in three dimensions the motion of a general inviscid, incompressible fluid with a free interface that separates the fluid region from the vacuum. We assume that the fluid region is below the vacuum and that there is no surface tension on the free surface. Then we prove the local well‐posedness of the free boundary problem in Sobolev space provided that there is no self‐intersection point on the initial surface and under the stability assumption that with ξ being restricted to the initial surface. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Viscous incompressible free-surface flow down an inclined perturbed plane

The plane stationary free boundary value problem for the Navier-Stokes equations is studied. This problem models the viscous fluid free-surface flow down a perturbed inclined plane. For sufficiently small data the solvability and uniqueness results are proved in Hölder spaces. The asymptotic behavior of the solution is investigated.     

A Priori Estimates for the Compressible Euler Equations for a Liquid with Free Surface Boundary and the Incompressible Limit

In this paper, we prove a new type of energy estimate for the compressible Euler equations with free boundary, with a boundary part and an interior part. These can be thought of as a generalization of the energies in Christodoulou and Lindblad to the compressible case and do not require the fluid to be irrotational. In addition, we show that our estimates are in fact uniform in the sound speed k. As a consequence, we obtain convergence of solutions of compressible Euler equations with a free boundary to solutions of the incompressible equations, generalizing the result of Ebin to when you have a free boundary. In the incompressible case our energies reduce to those in Christodoulou and Lindblad, and our proof in particular gives a simplified proof of their estimates with improved error estimates. Since for an incompressible irrotational liquid with free surface there are small data global existence results, our result leaves open the possibility of long‐time existence also for slightly compressible liquids with a free surface.© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A Steady Three-Dimensional Noncompact Free Boundary-Value Problem for the Navier-Stokes Equations

A steady three-dimensional flow of a viscous incompressible fluid with a noncompact free boundary above a fixed unbounded bottom is studied. It is assumed that the motion of the fluid is generated by sources and sinks situated in a bounded part of the bottom and having zero total flux. The existence of a unique solution to this problem with small data is proved and the asymptotic of the solution is constructed. Bibliography: 33 titles.This paper is dedicated to Prof. V. A. Solonnikov’s 70th birthday__________Published in Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 306, 2003, pp. 134–164.     

Dynamics of a rotor partially filled with a viscous incompressible fluid

A rotor partially filled with a viscous incompressible fluid is modeled as planar system. Its structural part, i. e. the rotor, is assumed to be rigid, circular, elastically supported and running with a prescribed time-dependent angular velocity. Both parts, structure and fluid, interact via the no-slip condition and the pressure. The point of departure for the mathematical formulation of the fluid filling is the Navier-Stokes equation, which is complemented by an additional equation for the evolution of its free inner boundary. Further, rotor and fluid are subjected to volume forces, namely gravitation. Trial functions are chosen for the fluid velocity field, the pressure field and the moving boundary, which fulfill the incompressibility constraint as well as the boundary conditions. Inserting these trial functions into the partial differential equations of the fluid motion, and applying the method of weighted residuals yields equations with time derivatives only. Finally, in combination with the rotor equations, a nonlinear system of 12 differential-algebraic equations results, which sufficiently describes solutions near the circular symmetric state and which may indicate the loss of its stability. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Global Existence Results for Oldroyd Fluids with Wall Slip

We investigate the system of nonlinear partial differential equations governing the unsteady motion of an incompressible viscoelastic fluid of Oldroyd type in a bounded domain under Navier’s slip boundary condition. We prove the existence of global weak solutions for the corresponding initial-boundary value problem without assuming that the model constants, body force or the initial values of the velocity and the stress tensor are small.     

Smooth solutions for the motion of a ball in an incompressible perfect fluid

In this paper we investigate the motion of a rigid ball surrounded by an incompressible perfect fluid occupying RN. We prove the existence, uniqueness, and persistence of the regularity for the solutions of this fluid-structure interaction problem.