The initial boundary value problem for Navier-Stokes equations

By making full use of the estimates of solutions to nonstationary Stokes equations and the method discussing global stability, we establish the global existence theorem of strong solutions for Navier-Stokes equatios in arbitrary three dimensional domain with uniformlyC ³ boundary, under the assumption that |a| _L ²(Θ) + |f| _L ¹(0,∞;L ²(Θ)) or |∇a| _L ²(Θ) + |f| _L ²(0,∞;L ²(Θ)) small or viscosityv large. Herea is a given initial velocity andf is the external force. This improves on the previous results. Moreover, the solvability of the case with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions is also discussed. This work is supported by foundation of Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica     

Nonlinear partial differential equations of fourth order under mixed boundary conditions

Solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations of fourth order are studied. Boundary regularity is proved for solutions that satisfy mixed boundary conditions. Various geometric situations including so called triple points are considered. Regularity is measured in Sobolev-Slobodeckii spaces and the results are sharp in this scale. The approach is based on the use of a first order difference quotient method.     

Two-level pressure projection finite element methods for Navier-Stokes equations with nonlinear slip boundary conditions

The two-level pressure projection stabilized finite element methods for Navier-Stokes equations with nonlinear slip boundary conditions are investigated in this paper, whose variational formulation is the Navier-Stokes type variational inequality problem of the second kind. Based on the P₁-P₁ triangular element and using the pressure projection stabilized finite element method, we solve a small Navier-Stokes type variational inequality problem on the coarse mesh with mesh size H and solve a large Stokes type variational inequality problem for simple iteration or a large Oseen type variational inequality problem for Oseen iteration on the fine mesh with mesh size h. The error analysis obtained in this paper shows that if h=O(H²), the two-level stabilized methods have the same convergence orders as the usual one-level stabilized finite element methods, which is only solving a large Navier-Stokes type variational inequality problem on the fine mesh. Finally, numerical results are given to verify the theoretical analysis.     

The boundary integral method for the linearized rotating Navier-Stokes equations in exterior domain

In this paper, we apply the boundary integral method to the linearized rotating Navier-Stokes equations in exterior domain. Introducing some open ball which decomposes the exterior domain into a finite domain and an infinite domain, we obtain a coupled problem by the linearized rotating Navier-Stokes equations in finite domain and a boundary integral equation without using the artificial boundary condition. For the coupled problem, we show the existence and uniqueness of solution. Finally, we study the finite element approximation for the coupled problem and obtain the error estimate between the solution of the coupled problem and its approximation solution.     

Hydrostatic Stokes equations with non-smooth data for mixed boundary conditions

The main subject of this work is to study the concept of very weak solution for the hydrostatic Stokes system with mixed boundary conditions (non-smooth Neumann conditions on the rigid surface and homogeneous Dirichlet conditions elsewhere on the boundary). In the Stokes framework, this concept has been studied by Conca [Rev. Mat. Apl. 10 (1989)] imposing non-smooth Dirichlet boundary conditions.In this paper, we introduce the dual problem that turns out to be a hydrostatic Stokes system with non-free divergence condition. First, we obtain strong regularity for this dual problem (which can be viewed as a generalisation of the regularity results for the hydrostatic Stokes system with free divergence condition obtained by Ziane [Appl. Anal. 58 (1995)]). Afterwards, we prove existence and uniqueness of very weak solution for the (primal) problem.As a consequence of this result, the existence of strong solution for the non-stationary hydrostatic Navier-Stokes equations is proved, weakening the hypothesis over the time derivative of the wind stress tensor imposed by Guillén-González, Masmoudi and Rodríguez-Bellido [Differential Integral Equations 50 (2001)].     

Approximation for Navier-Stokes equations around a rotating obstacle

This work presents an approximation method for Navier-Stokes equations around a rotating obstacle. The detail of this method is that the exterior domain is truncated into a bounded domain and a new exterior domain by introducing a large ball. The approximation problem is composed of the nonlinear problem in the bounded domain and the linear problem in the new exterior domain. We derive the approximation error between the solutions of Navier-Stokes equations and the approximation problem.     

A refined mixed finite-element method for the stationary Navier Stokes equations with mixed boundary conditions

Serge Nicaise ^{This paper is concerned with the mixed formulation of the Navier–Stokesequations with mixed boundary conditions in 2D polygonal domainsand its numerical approximation. We first describe the regularityof any solution. The problem is then approximated by a mixedfinite-element method where the strain tensor and the antisymmetricgradient tensor, quantities of practical importance, are introducedas new unknowns. An existence result for the finite-elementsolution and convergence results are proved near a nonsingularsolution. Quasi-optimal error estimates are finally presented.}     

Solvability of Navier-Stokes equations with leak boundary conditions

The time-dependent Navier-Stokes equations with leak boundary conditions are investigated in this paper. The equivalent variational inequality is derived, and the weak and strong solvabilities of this variational inequality are obtained by the Galerkin approximation method and the regularized method. In addition, the continuous dependence property of solutions on given initial data is establisbed, from which the strong solution is unique.     

On a class of parabolic equations with nonlocal boundary conditions

In this paper we study a class of parabolic equations subject to a nonlocal boundary condition. The problem is a generalized model for a theory of ion-diffusion in channels. By using energy method, we first derive some a priori estimates for solutions and then prove that the problem has a unique global solution. Moreover, under some assumptions on the nonlinear boundary condition, it is shown that the solution blows up in finite time. Finally, the long-time behavior of solution to a linear problem is also studied in the paper.     

Nonlocal overdetermined boundary value problem for stationary Navier-Stokes equations

A stationary system of Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations describing the flow of a homogeneous incompressible fluid in a bounded domain is considered. The vector of the flow velocity and a finite number of nonlocal conditions are defined at a part of the domain boundary. It is proved that, in the linear case, the problem has at least one stable solution. In the nonlinear case, the local solvability of the problem is proved.     

Pressure representation and boundary regularity of the Navier-Stokes equations with slip boundary condition

We first represent the pressure in terms of the velocity in . Using this representation we prove that a solution to the Navier-Stokes equations is in under the critical assumption that , with r?3, while for r=3 the smallness is required. In [H.J. Choe, Boundary regularity of weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations, J. Differential Equations 149 (2) (1998) 211-247], a boundary L^∞ estimate for the solution is derived if the pressure on the boundary is bounded. In our work, we remove the boundedness assumption of the pressure. Here, our estimate is local. Indeed, employing Moser type iteration and the reverse Hölder inequality, we find an integral estimate for L^∞-norm of u.     

Evolution equations with white-noise boundary conditions

The paper is devoted to nonlinear evolution equations with nonhomogenous boundary conditions of white noise type. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions in the linear case are given. It is also shown that if the nonlinearity satisfies appropriate dissipativity conditions the nonlinear equation has a solution as well. The results are applied to equations with polynomial nonlinearities     

Regularity for the Navier-Stokes equations with slip boundary condition

For the Navier-Stokes equations with slip boundary conditions, we obtain the pressure in terms of the velocity. Based on the representation, we consider the relationship in the sense of regularity between the Navier-Stokes equations in the whole space and those in the half space with slip boundary data.

     

Matrix representations of fourth-order boundary value problems with coupled or mixed boundary conditions

An equivalence between a class of regular self-adjoint fourth-order boundary value problems with coupled or mixed boundary conditions and a certain class of matrix problems is investigated. Such an equivalence was previously known only in the second-order case and fourth-order case with separated boundary conditions.     

复杂边界旋转Navier-Stokes方程的几何方法及二度并行算法

本文提出了一种求解复杂边界旋转Navier-Stokes方程的微分几何方法及其二度并行算法.此方法可用于求解透平机械内部叶片间流动和飞行器外部绕流等复杂流动问题.假设流动区域可以用一系列光滑曲面■_k,k=1,2,…,K分割为一系列子区域(称作流层),通过应用微分几何的方法,三维N-S算子可以分解为两类算子之和:建立在曲面■_k切空间上"膜算子"和曲面■_k法线方向的"挠曲算子",将挠曲算子应用欧拉中心差商来逼近,由此得到建立在■_k上的"2D-3C"N-S方程.求解2D-3C N-S方程并且反复迭代直到收敛.我们得到"二度并行算法",它是2D-3C N-S方程并行算法与k方向的同时并行.这个算法的优点在于,(1)可以改进由于复杂边界造成的不规则三维网格引起的逼近解的精度;(2)为克服边界层的数值效应,在边界层内可以构造很密的流层,形成三维多尺度的网格,是一个很好的边界层算法;(3)这个方法不同于经典的区域分解算法,这里的每个子区域只需要求解一个"2D-3C"N-S方程,而经典区域分解方法要在每个子区域上求解三维问题.     

Free boundary value problem for the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

We study the free boundary value problem for one-dimensional isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity coefficient in this paper. Under certain assumptions imposed on the initial data, we show that there exists a unique global strong solution, the interface separating the flow and vacuum state propagates along particle path and expands outwards at an algebraic time-rate, the flow density is strictly positive from blow for any finite time and decays pointwise to zero also at an algebraic time-rate as the time tends to infinity.     

Local regularity of the Navier-Stokes equations near the curved boundary

We present some regularity conditions for suitable weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations near the curved boundary of a sufficiently smooth domain. Our extend the work that was results established near a flat boundary by Gustafson, Kang and Tsai (2006) [6].     

Dimension splitting method for the three dimensional rotating Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we propose a dimensional splitting method for the three dimensional (3D) rotating Navier-Stokes equations. Assume that the domain is a channel bounded by two surfaces and is decomposed by a series of surfaces ■i into several sub-domains, which are called the layers of the flow. Every interface i between two sub-domains shares the same geometry. After establishing a semi-geodesic coordinate (S-coordinate) system based on ■i , Navier-Stoke equations in this coordinate can be expressed as the sum of two operators, of which one is called the membrane operator defined on the tangent space on ■i , another one is called the bending operator taking value in the normal space on ■i . Then the derivatives of velocity with respect to the normal direction of the surface are approximated by the Euler central difference, and an approximate form of Navier-Stokes equations on the surface ■i is obtained, which is called the two-dimensional three-component (2D-3C) Navier-Stokes equations on a two dimensional manifold. Solving these equations by alternate iteration, an approximate solution to the original 3D Navier-Stokes equations is obtained. In addition, the proof of the existence of solutions to 2D-3C Navier-Stokes equations is provided, and some approximate methods for solving 2D-3C Navier-Stokes equations are presented.     

Local existence of solution to free boundary value problem for compressible Navier-Stokes equations

This paper is concerned with the free boundary value problem for multi-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity where the flow density vanishes continuously across the free boundary. Local (in time) existence of a weak solution is established; in particular, the density is positive and the solution is regular away from the free boundary.