Existence and uniqueness of solutions for the magnetohydrodynamic flow of a second grade fluid

In this work, we consider the flow of a second grade fluid in a conducting domain of and in the presence of a magnetic field. When the initial data are of arbitrary size, we prove that the solution of the magnetohydrodynamics problem exists for a small time and is unique. We also show the global existence of solutions for small initial data. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence and uniqueness of strong–weak solutions for chemically reacting generalized second grade fluids in 2 space dimensions

The present paper is devoted to the analysis of a nonlinear system modeling unsteady flows of an incompressible non‐Newtonian fluid mixed with a reactant. We are interested on generalized second grade fluids, which are chemically reacting and whose viscosity depends both on the shear‐rate and the concentration. We prove existence and uniqueness of strong–weak solution for a flow filling in the plane and subject to space periodic boundary conditions. This result is established under the fulfillment of some assumptions on the viscosity stress tensor and the flux vector of the diffusion–convection equation reflecting the chemical reaction. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.