Discontinuous solutions of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with degenerate viscosity coefficient and vacuum

In this paper, we study the evolutions of the interfaces between gas and the vacuum for one-dimensional viscous gas motions when the initial density connects to vacuum continuously. The degeneracy appears in the initial data and has effect on the viscosity coefficient because the coefficient is assumed to be a power function of the density. Using some new a priori estimates, we establish the new local (in time) existence and uniqueness results under minimal hypotheses on the initial density, so that the interval for the power of the density in the viscosity coefficient is enlarged to (0,γ). In particular, we include the important case that the initial density could be piecewise smooth with arbitrarily large jump discontinuities, and could degenerate to zero.     

Global classical solution to the 3D isentropic compressible Navier–Stokes equations with general initial data and a density‐dependent viscosity coefficient

In this paper, we study the global existence of classical solutions to the three‐dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes equations with a density‐dependent viscosity coefficient (λ = λ(ρ)). For the general initial data, which could be either vacuum or non‐vacuum, we prove the global existence of classical solutions, under the assumption that the viscosity coefficient μ is large enough. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global strong solution to the three dimensional nonhomogeneous incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations with density‐dependent viscosity and resistivity

In this paper, we consider an initial boundary value problem for the 3‐dimensional nonhomogeneous incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations with density‐dependent viscosity and resistivity coefficients over a bounded smooth domain. Global in time unique strong solution is proved to exist when the L² norms of initial vorticity and current density are both suitably small with arbitrary large initial density, and the vacuum of initial density is also allowed. Finally, we revisit the Navier‐Stokes model without electromagnetic effect. We find that this initial boundary problem also admits a unique global strong solution under other conditions. In particular, we prove small kinetic‐energy strong solution exists globally in time, which extends the recent result of Huang and Wang.     

Global Solutions of Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamics with Large Initial Data

A free boundary problem for nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics with general large initial data is investigated. The existence, uniqueness, and regularity of global solutions are established with large initial data in H¹. It is shown that neither shock waves nor vacuum and concentration in the solutions are developed in a finite time, although there is a complex interaction between the hydrodynamic and magnetodynamic effects. An existence theorem of global solutions with large discontinuous initial data is also established.     

Global spherically symmetric classical solution to the Navier-Stokes-Maxwell system with large initial data and vacuum

We study the initial boundary value problem to the system of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with the Maxwell equations through the Lorentz force in a bounded annulus Ω of R3. And a result on the existence and uniqueness of global spherically symmetric classical solutions is obtained. Here the initial data could be large and initial vacuum is allowed.     

Global solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flow with density-dependent viscosity and discontinuous initial data

In this paper, we study the evolutions of the interfaces between the gas and the vacuum for viscous one-dimensional isentropic gas motions. We prove the global existence and uniqueness for discontinuous solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flow with density-dependent viscosity coefficient. Precisely, the viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρ^θ with 0<θ<1. Specifically, we require that the initial density be piecewise smooth with arbitrarily large jump discontinuities, bounded above and below away from zero, in the interior of gas. We show that the discontinuities in the density persist for all time, and give a decay result for the density as t→+∞.     

Existence and continuous dependence of large solutions for the magnetohydrodynamic equations

Global solutions of the nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with general large initial data are investigated. First the existence and uniqueness of global solutions are established with large initial data in H ¹. It is shown that neither shock waves nor vacuum and concentration are developed in a finite time, although there is a complex interaction between the hydrodynamic and magnetodynamic effects. Then the continuous dependence of solutions upon the initial data is proved. The equivalence between the well-posedness problems of the system in Euler and Lagrangian coordinates is also showed.     

Stability of weak solutions for the compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations

In this paper, we consider the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations arising from transport of charged particles or motion of gaseous stars in astrophysics. We are interested in the case that the viscosity coefficients depend on the density and shall degenerate in the appearance of (density) vacuum, and show the L 1 -stability of weak solutions for arbitrarily large data on spatial multi-dimensional bounded or periodic domain or whole space.     

Global classical solution to 1D compressible Navier–Stokes equations with no vacuum at infinity

C. Miao In this paper, we are concerned with the 1D Cauchy problem of the compressible Navier–Stokes equations with the viscosity μ(ρ) = 1+ρ^β(β≥0). The initial density can be arbitrarily large and keep a non‐vacuum state at far fields. We will establish the global existence of the classical solution for 0≤β < γ via a priori estimates when the initial density contains vacuum in interior interval or is away from the vacuum. We will show that the solution will not develop vacuum in any finite time if the initial density is away from the vacuum. To study the well‐posedness of the problem, it is crucial to obtain the upper bound of the density. Some new weighted estimates are applied to obtain our main results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global strong solutions of the Cauchy problem for 1D compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

We consider the Cauchy problem for one-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity μ(ρ) = Aρ ^α , where α > 0 and A > 0. The global existence of strong solutions is obtained, which improves the previous results by enlarging the interval of α. Moreover, our result shows that no vacuum is developed in a finite time provided the initial data does not contain vacuum.     

Global classical solution to the three-dimensional isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations with general initial data

We establish the global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions to the Cauchy problem for the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations in the three space dimensions with general initial data which could be either vacuum or non-vacuum under the assumption that the viscosity coefficient μ is large enough.     

Global well-posedness and large-time behavior of 1D compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-depending viscosity and vacuum in unbounded domains

We consider the Cauchy problem for one-dimensional(1D) barotropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-depending viscosity and large external forces. Under a general assumption on the densitydepending viscosity, we prove that the Cauchy problem admits a unique global strong(classical) solution for the large initial data with vacuum. Moreover, the density is proved to be bounded from above time-independently.As a consequence, we obtain the large time behavior of the solution without external forces.     

Convergence to equilibria and blowup behavior of global strong solutions to the Stokes approximation equations for two-dimensional compressible flows with large data

This paper concerns the large time behavior of strong and classical solutions to the two-dimensional Stokes approximation equations for the compressible flows. We consider the unique global strong solution or classical solution to the two-dimensional Stokes approximation equations for the compressible flows with large external potential force, together with a Navier-slip boundary condition, for arbitrarily large initial data. Under the conditions that the corresponding steady state exists uniquely with the steady state density away from vacuum, we prove that the density is bounded from above independently of time, consequently, it converges to the steady state density in L^p and the velocity u converges to the steady state velocity in W^1,p for any 1p<∞ as time goes to infinity; furthermore, we show that if the initial density contains vacuum at least at one point, then the derivatives of the density must blow up as time goes to infinity.     

On the dynamics of Navier-Stokes equations for a shallow water model

In this paper, we study a free boundary problem of one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations with a density-dependent viscosity, which include, in particular, a shallow water model. Under some suitable assumptions on the initial data, we obtain the global existence, uniqueness and the large time behavior of weak solutions. In particular, it is shown that a stationary wave pattern connecting a gas to the vacuum continuously is asymptotically stable for small initial general perturbations.     

非等熵气体动力学方程组大初值问题的放缩框架

非等熵气体动力学系统Cauchy问题弱解全局存在性有两个公开问题:一个是包含真空的小初值问题,另一个是任意大初值问题.本文通过引入一个放缩框架证明了上述两个问题的等价性,即对于粘性消失解,其包含真空小初值问题的一致BV估计蕴含着任意大初值问题弱解的全局存在性.该放缩框架对大多数具有物理背景的双曲守恒律系统亦成立.     

Global smooth solutions of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

In this paper we study a free boundary problem for the viscous, compressible, heat conducting, one-dimensional real fluids. More precisely, the viscosity is assumed to be a power function of density, i.e., μ(ρ)=ρα, where ρ denotes the density of fluids and α is a positive constant. In addition, the equations of state include and are more general than perfect flows which only depend linearly on temperature. The global existence (uniqueness) of smooth solutions is established with for general, large initial data, which improves the previous results. Moreover, it is also shown that the solutions will not develop vacuum, mass concentration or heat concentration in a finite time provided the initial data are bounded and smooth, and do not contain vacuum.     

A remark on free boundary problem of 1‐D compressible Navier–Stokes equations with density‐dependent viscosity

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the weak solution of the one‐dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes equations with density‐dependent viscosity µ(ρ)=ρ^θ with θ∈(0, γ?2], γ>1. The initial data are a perturbation of a corresponding steady solution and continuously contact with vacuum on the free boundary. The obtained results apply for the one‐dimensional Siant–Venant model of shallow water and generalize ones in (Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 2006; 182: 223–253). Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the flow of chemically reacting gaseous mixture

We consider the Cauchy problem for the system of equations governing flow of isothermal reactive mixture of compressible gases. Our main contribution is to prove sequential stability of weak solutions when the state equation essentially depends on the species concentration and the viscosity coefficients vanish on vacuum. Moreover, under additional assumption on the “cold” component of the pressure in the regions of small density, we prove the existence of weak solutions for arbitrary large initial data.     

Global stability of solutions with discontinuous initial data containing vacuum states for the isentropic Euler equations

The global stability of Lipschitz continuous solutions with discontinuous initial data is established in a broad class of entropy solutions in L^￥L^\infty containing vacuum states. In particular, the uniqueness of Lipschitz solutions with discontinuous initial data is obtained in the broad class of entropy solutions in L^￥L^\infty .     

Well/Ill Posedness for the Euler-Korteweg-Poisson System and Related Problems

We consider a general Euler-Korteweg-Poisson system in R ³, supplemented with the space periodic boundary conditions, where the quantum hydrodynamics equations and the classical fluid dynamics equations with capillarity are recovered as particular examples. We show that the system admits infinitely many global-in-time weak solutions for any sufficiently smooth initial data including the case of a vanishing initial density - the vacuum zones. Moreover, there is a vast family of initial data, for which the Cauchy problem possesses infinitely many dissipative weak solutions, i.e. the weak solutions satisfying the energy inequality. Finally, we establish the weak-strong uniqueness property in a class of solutions without vacuum. In this paper we show that, even in presence of a dispersive tensor, we have the same phenomena found by De Lellis and Székelyhidi.