Shape Optimization in Viscous Compressible Fluids

   Abstract. We present a method for solving the optimal shape problems for profiles surrounded by viscous compressible fluids. The class of admissible profiles is quite general including the minimal volume condition and a constraint on the thickness of the boundary. The fluid flow is modelled by the Navier—Stokes system for a general viscous barotropic fluid.     

The equations of potential flow of compressible viscous fluid at low Reynolds number

The existence, uniqueness, and stabilization of solutions are investigated for two approximate models of viscous compressible fluid.     

Existence of solutions to a model for sparse, one-dimensional fluids

We prove the global existence of solutions to a model for a viscous, compressible, barotropic fluid initially occupying a general open subset of a finite, one-dimensional interval. The fluid equations are applied only on the support of the density, understood in the sense of distributions. This support must be tracked and accommodation must be made for the possibly infinite number of collisions of fluid packets occurring on a possibly dense set of collision times. Our approach avoids certain nonphysical properties of solutions which are constructed as limits of solutions in which artificial mass has been inserted.     

A geometrical constraint for capillary jet breakup

The formation of thinning filaments is commonly observed previously to the break-up of a very viscous jet. This paper shows that a fluid under capillary forces cannot break-up through the uniform collapse of a filament.     

On the existence and regularity of solutions of a quasilinear mixed equation of Leray-Lions type

Our aim in this article is to study the existence and regularity of solutions of a quasilinear elliptic-hyperbolic equation. This equation appears in the design of blade cascade profiles. This leads to an inverse problem for designing two-dimensional channels with prescribed velocity distributions along channel walls. The governing equation is obtained by transformation of the physical domain to the plane defined by the streamlines and the potential lines of fluid. We establish an existence and regularity result of solutions for a more general framework which includes our physical problem as a specific example.     

Uniform stability at permanently acting disturbances of solutions of Navier-Stokes equations for compressible isothermic fluids

We prove that the uniform stability at permanently acting disturbances of a given solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for viscous compressible isothermic fluid is a consequence of the uniform exponential stability of the zero solution of so-called linearized equations.The research was supported by the grant No. 201/93/2177 of Grant Agency of Czech Republic.     

Large Time Behavior for a Simplified 1D Model of Fluid–Solid Interaction†

Abstract

In this article we consider a simple model in one space dimension for the interaction between a fluid and a solid represented by a point mass. The fluid is governed by the viscous Burgers equation and the solid mass, which shares the velocity of the fluid, is accelerated by the difference of pressure at both sides of it. We describe the asymptotic behavior of solutions for integrable data using energy estimates and scaling techniques. We prove that the asymptotic profile of the fluid is a self-similar solution of the Burgers equation with an appropriate total mass, and we describe the parabolic trajectory of the point mass. We also prove that, asymptotically, the difference of pressure to both sides of the point mass vanishes.     

Shape optimization in two-dimensional viscous compressible fluids

We present a method for solving the optimal shape problems for profiles surrounded by viscous compressible fluids in two space dimensions. The class of admissible profiles is quite general including the minimal volume condition and a constraint on the thickness of the boundary. The fluid flow is modelled by the Navier-Stokes system for a general viscous barotropic fluid with the pressure satisfying p（o） = aQlog^d（o） for large Q. Here d 〉 1 and a 〉 0.     

Measure-valued solution for non-Newtonian compressible isothermal monopolar fluid

The global existence of measure-valued solutions of initial boundary-value problems in bounded domains to systems of partial differential equations for viscous non-Newtonian isothermal compressible monopolar fluid and the global existence of the weak solution for multipolar fluid is proved.     

Existence of solutions for a class of singular quasilinear elliptic resonance problems

The paper concerns a resonance problem for a class of singular quasilinear elliptic equations in weighted Sobolev spaces. The equation set studied is one of the most useful sets of Navier-Stokes equations; these describe the motion of viscous fluid substances such as liquids, gases and so on. By using Galerkin-type techniques, the Brouwer fixed point theorem, and a new weighted compact Sobolev-type embedding theorem established by Shapiro, we show the existence of a nontrivial solution.     

Problem of the motion of two viscous incompressible fluids separated by a closed free interface

A local existence theorem for the problem of unsteady motion of a drop in a viscous incompressible capillary fluid is proved in Sobolev spaces. A linearized problem with known closed interface is also studied in Holder spaces of functions.     

On the existence of local strong solutions for the Navier-Stokes equations in completely general domains

There are only very few results on the existence of unique local in time strong solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for completely general domains Ω⊆R³, although domains with edges and corners, bounded or unbounded, are very important in applications. The reason is that the L^q-theory for the Stokes operator A is available in general only in the Hilbert space setting, i.e., with q=2. Our main result for a general domain Ω is optimal in a certain sense: Consider an initial value and a zero external force. Then the condition is sufficient and necessary for the existence of a unique local strong solution u∈L⁸(0,T;L⁴(Ω)) in some interval [0,T), 0<T≤∞, with u(0)=u₀, satisfying Serrin’s condition . Note that Fujita-Kato’s sufficient condition u₀∈D(A^1/4) is strictly stronger and therefore not optimal.     

A sufficiency class for global (in time) solutions to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations

Let Ω be an open domain of class C² contained in R³, let L²(Ω)³ be the Hilbert space of square integrable functions on Ω and let H[Ω]?H be the completion of the set, , with respect to the inner product of L²(Ω)³. A well-known unsolved problem is that of the construction of a sufficient class of functions in H which will allow global, in time, strong solutions to the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. These equations describe the time evolution of the fluid velocity and pressure of an incompressible viscous homogeneous Newtonian fluid in terms of a given initial velocity and given external body forces. In this paper, we use the analytic nature of the Stokes semigroup to construct an equivalent norm for H, which provides strong bounds on the nonlinear term. This allows us to prove that, under appropriate conditions, there exists a number u₊, depending only on the domain, the viscosity, the body forces and the eigenvalues of the Stokes operator, such that, for all functions in a dense set D contained in the closed ball B(Ω)?B of radius in H, the Navier-Stokes equations have unique, strong, solutions in C¹((0,∞),H).     

Local and asymptotic analysis of the flow generated by the Cahn–Hilliard–Gurtin equations

We consider the Cahn–Hilliard–Gurtin equation which corresponds, in the isotropic case, to the viscous Cahn–Hilliard equation. The convergence of its solutions toward some steady state is investigated by means of a proper generalization of the Lojasiewicz–Simon Theorem to nongradient-like flows. Furthermore, when the anisotropic coefficients are small, we prove that these steady states can be approximated by the corresponding stationary solutions of the viscous Cahn–Hilliard equation provided that the latter are local minimizers of the Ginzburg–Landau free energy. Received: April 26, 2004; revised: February 24, 2005     

The Effects of Flexion and Torsion on a Fluid Flow Through a Curved Pipe

We consider an injection of incompressible viscous fluid in a curved pipe with a smooth central curve γ . The one-dimensional model is obtained via singular perturbation of the Navier—Stokes system as ɛ , the ratio between the cross-section area and the length of the pipe, tends to zero. An asymptotic expansion of the flow in powers of ɛ is computed. The first term in the expansion depends only on the tangential injection along the central curve γ of the pipe and the velocity as well as the pressure drop are in the tangential direction. The second term contains the effects of the curvature (flexion) of γ in the direction of the tangent while the effects of torsion appear in the direction of the normal and the binormal to γ . The boundary layers at the ends of the pipe are studied. The error estimate is proved. Accepted 21 March 2001. Online publication 9 August 2001.     

A Remark on Fine Differentiability

In [7], B. Fuglede has proved that finely holomorphic functions on a finely open subset U of the complex plane C are finely locally extendable to usual continuously differentiable functions. We shall adopt B. Fuglede’s approach to show that the same remains true even for functions which have only finely continuous fine differential on U. In higher dimensions, an analogous result may be obtained and the result can be applied to finely monogenic functions which were introduced recently as a higher dimensional analogue of finely holomorphic functions. I acknowledge the financial support from the grant GA 201/05/2117. This work is also a part of the research plan MSM 0021620839, which is financed by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic.     

Eigenvalues for radially symmetric fully nonlinear singular or degenerate operators

In this paper we present a one dimensional and radial theory for the existence of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for fully nonlinear elliptic (α+1)$(\alpha +1)$-homogeneous operators, α>−1$\alpha >-1$. A general theory for the first eigenvalue and eigenfunction exists in the frame of viscosity solutions, but in this particular case a simpler theory can be established, that extends, via degree theory, to obtain the complete set of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions characterized by the number of zeros.     

Existence of weak solutions for a non-classical sharp interface model for a two-phase flow of viscous,incompressible fluids

We introduce a new sharp interface model for the flow of two immiscible, viscous, incompressible fluids. In contrast to classical models for two-phase flows we prescribe an evolution law for the interfaces that takes diffusional effects into account. This leads to a coupled system of Navier–Stokes and Mullins–Sekerka type parts that coincides with the asymptotic limit of a diffuse interface model. We prove the long-time existence of weak solutions, which is an open problem for the classical two-phase model. We show that the phase interfaces have in almost all points a generalized mean curvature.     

Existence and uniqueness of solutions to the backward 2D stochastic Navier–Stokes equations

The backward two-dimensional stochastic Navier–Stokes equations (BSNSEs, for short) with suitable perturbations are studied in this paper, over bounded domains for incompressible fluid flow. A priori estimates for adapted solutions of the BSNSEs are obtained which reveal a pathwise L^∞(H)$L^{\infty }\left(H\right)$ bound on the solutions. The existence and uniqueness of solutions are proved by using a monotonicity argument for bounded terminal data. The continuity of the adapted solutions with respect to the terminal data is also established.     

On global motion of a compressible viscous heat-conducting fluid bounded by a free surface

We consider the motion of a viscous compressible heat-conducting fluid in ³ bounded by a free surface which is under constant exterior pressure. We present the global existence theorems in two cases: when the free surface is under the surface tension and without it.