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.     

A criterion for the existence of strong solutions for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations

In this note we provide a criterion for the existence of globally defined solutions for any regular initial data for the 3D Navier–Stokes system in Serrin’s classes.     

On Energy Cascades in the Forced 3D Navier–Stokes Equations

We show—in the framework of physical scales and \((K_1,K_2)\)-averages—that Kolmogorov’s dissipation law combined with the smallness condition on a Taylor length scale is sufficient to guarantee energy cascades in the forced Navier–Stokes equations. Moreover, in the periodic case we establish restrictive scaling laws—in terms of Grashof number—for kinetic energy, energy flux, and energy dissipation rate. These are used to improve our sufficient condition for forced cascades in physical scales.     

On Boundary Regularity of the Navier–Stokes Equations

Abstract

We study boundary regularity of weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations in the half-space in dimension n ≥ 3. We prove that a weak solution u which is locally in the class L ^{p, q} with 2/p + n/q = 1, q > n near boundary is Hölder continuous up to the boundary. Our main tool is a pointwise estimate for the fundamental solution of the Stokes system, which is of independent interest.     

On the regularity of the solutions to the 3D Navier–Stokes equations: a remark on the role of the helicity

We show that if velocity and vorticity are orthogonal at each point (and they become orthogonal fast enough) then solutions of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations are smooth. This condition implies that the helicity is identically zero and, in a certain sense, the flow resembles the 2D geometric situation. To cite this article: L.C. Berselli, D. Córdoba, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009).     

On some properties of the Navier–Stokes system of equations

We discuss the initial and boundary value problems for the system of dimensionless Navier–Stokes equations describing the dynamics of a viscous incompressible fluid using the method of characteristics and the geometric method developed by the authors. Some properties of the formulation of these problems are considered. We study the effect of the Reynolds number on the flow of a viscous fluid near the surface of a body.     

Existence of densities for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations driven by Gaussian noise

We prove three results on the existence of densities for the laws of finite dimensional functionals of the solutions of the stochastic Navier–Stokes equations in dimension $3$ . In particular, under very mild assumptions on the noise, we prove that finite dimensional projections of the solutions have densities with respect to the Lebesgue measure which have some smoothness when measured in a Besov space. This is proved thanks to a new argument inspired by an idea introduced in (Fournier and Printems. Bernoulli 16(2):343–360, 2010).     

Some criteria concerning the vorticity and the problem of global regularity for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations

We review some results concerning the problem of global-in-time regularity for the initial boundary value problem for the Navier–Stokes equations in three-dimensional domains. In particular, we focus on sufficient conditions on the vorticity field which imply that strong (hence smooth) solutions exist on arbitrary time intervals.     

On singularity formation of a 3D model for incompressible Navier–Stokes equations

We investigate the singularity formation of a 3D model that was recently proposed by Hou and Lei (2009) in [15] for axisymmetric 3D incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with swirl. The main difference between the 3D model of Hou and Lei and the reformulated 3D Navier–Stokes equations is that the convection term is neglected in the 3D model. This model shares many properties of the 3D incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. One of the main results of this paper is that we prove rigorously the finite time singularity formation of the 3D inviscid model for a class of initial boundary value problems with smooth initial data of finite energy. We also prove the global regularity of the 3D inviscid model for a class of small smooth initial data.     

Regularity of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations with viewpoint of 2D flow

The regularity of 2D Navier–Stokes flow is well known. In this article we study the relationship of 3D and 2D flow, and the regularity of the 3D Naiver–Stokes equations with viewpoint of 2D equations. We consider the problem in the Cartesian and in the cylindrical coordinates.     

Global well-posedness of the velocity–vorticity-Voigt model of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations

The velocity–vorticity formulation of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations was recently found to give excellent numerical results for flows with strong rotation. In this work, we propose a new regularization of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations, which we call the 3D velocity–vorticity-Voigt (VVV) model, with a Voigt regularization term added to momentum equation in velocity–vorticity form, but with no regularizing term in the vorticity equation. We prove global well-posedness and regularity of this model under periodic boundary conditions. We prove convergence of the model's velocity and vorticity to their counterparts in the 3D Navier–Stokes equations as the Voigt modeling parameter tends to zero. We prove that the curl of the model's velocity converges to the model vorticity (which is solved for directly), as the Voigt modeling parameter tends to zero. Finally, we provide a criterion for finite-time blow-up of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations based on this inviscid regularization.     

On the existence of singular solutions of the stationary Navier–Stokes problem

We consider the steady Navier–Stokes equations in the punctured regions (?) Ω?=?Ω ₀ \ {o} (with {o} ∈ Ω ₀) and (??) $ \varOmega ={{\mathbb{R}}^2}\backslash \left( {{{\overline{\varOmega}}_0}\cup \left\{ o \right\}} \right) $ (with $ \left\{ o \right\}\notin {{\overline{\varOmega}}_0} $ ), where Ω ₀ is a simple connected Lipschitz bounded domain of $ {{\mathbb{R}}^2} $ . We regard o as a sink or a source in the fluid. Accordingly, we assign the flux $ \mathcal{F} $ through a small circumference surrounding o and a boundary datum a on Γ?=??Ω ₀ such that the total flux $ \mathcal{F}+\int\nolimits_{\varGamma } {\boldsymbol{a}\cdot \boldsymbol{n}} $ is zero in case (?). We prove that if $ \left| \mathcal{F} \right|<2\pi \nu $ and $ \left| \mathcal{F} \right|+\left| {\int\nolimits_{\varGamma } {\boldsymbol{a}\cdot \boldsymbol{n}} } \right|<2\pi \nu $ in (?) and (??), respectively, where ν is the kinematical viscosity, then the problem has a C ^∞ solution in Ω, which behaves at o like the gradient of the fundamental solution of the Laplace equation.     

Gevrey Regularity for the Attractor of the 3D Navier–Stokes–Voight Equations

Recently, the Navier–Stokes–Voight (NSV) model of viscoelastic incompressible fluid has been proposed as a regularization of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations for the purpose of direct numerical simulations. In this work, we prove that the global attractor of the 3D NSV equations, driven by an analytic forcing, consists of analytic functions. A consequence of this result is that the spectrum of the solutions of the 3D NSV system, lying on the global attractor, have exponentially decaying tail, despite the fact that the equations behave like a damped hyperbolic system, rather than the parabolic one. This result provides additional evidence that the 3D NSV with the small regularization parameter enjoys similar statistical properties as the 3D Navier–Stokes equations. Finally, we calculate a lower bound for the exponential decaying scale—the scale at which the spectrum of the solution start to decay exponentially, and establish a similar bound for the steady state solutions of the 3D NSV and 3D Navier–Stokes equations. Our estimate coincides with the known bounds for the smallest length scale of the solutions of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations, established earlier by Doering and Titi.