On the uniqueness in critical spaces for compressible Navier-Stokes equations

We show some new uniqueness results for compressible flows with data having critical regularity. In the barotropic case, uniqueness is stated whenever the space dimension N satisfies N ≥ 2, and in the polytropic case, whenever N ≥ 3. The endpoints N = 2 in the barotropic case and N = 3 in the polytropic case were left open in [4], [5] and [6].     

On the generalized self-similar singularities for the Euler and the Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper we study blow-up rates and the blow-up profiles of possible asymptotically self-similar singularities of the Euler and the Navier-Stokes equations, where the sense of convergence and self-similarity are considered in various generalized senses. We improve substantially, in particular, the previous nonexistence results of self-similar/asymptotically self-similar singularities. Generalization of the self-similar transforms is also considered, and by appropriate choice of the parameterized transform we obtain new a priori estimates for the Euler and the Navier-Stokes equations depending on a free parameter.     

On the blow up criterion for the 2-D compressible Navier-Stokes equations

Motivated by [10], we prove that the upper bound of the density function j9 controls the finite time blow up of the classical solutions to the 2-D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations. This result generalizes the corresponding result in [3] concerning the regularities to the weak solutions of the 2-D compressible Navier-Stokes equations in the periodic domain.     

可压Navier-Stokes方程真空状态的动力学行为

本文主要考虑了一维可压Navier-Stokes方程真空状态的动力学行为.对于任意的熵弱解,如果初始状态不存在真空,我们证明了密度函数关于时间和空间变量是连续的且对于任意时间它是处处为正的.同时,我们还得到了含有间断连接的真空状态的整体熵弱解的存在性,结果显示其真空区域以代数速率被压缩,并在有限时间内消失.     

Strong solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for isentropic compressible fluids

We study strong solutions of the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations in a domain . We first prove the local existence of unique strong solutions provided that the initial data ρ₀ and u₀ satisfy a natural compatibility condition. The important point in this paper is that we allow the initial vacuum: the initial density may vanish in an open subset of Ω. We then prove a new uniqueness result and stability result. Our results are valid for unbounded domains as well as bounded ones.     

Self-similar solutions to the isothermal compressible Navier-Stokes equations

^** Email: guo_zhenhua{at}iapcm.ac.cn^*** Email: jiang{at}iapcm.ac.cn We investigate the self-similar solutions to the isothermalcompressible Navier–Stokes equations. The aim of thispaper is to show that there exist neither forward nor backwardself-similar solutions with finite total energy. This generalizesthe results for the incompressible case in Neas, J., Rika, M.& verák, V. (1996, On Leray's self-similar solutionsof the Navier-Stokes equations. Acta. Math., 176, 283–294),and is consistent with the (unproved) existence of regular solutionsglobally in time for the compressible Navier–Stokes equations.     

Time periodic solutions of compressible Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we study the Navier-Stokes equations with a time periodic external force in Rn. We show that a time periodic solution exists when the space dimension n?5 under some smallness assumption. The main idea is to combine the energy method and the spectral analysis for the optimal decay estimates on the linearized solution operator. With the optimal decay estimates, we prove the existence and uniqueness of time periodic solution in some suitable function space by the contraction mapping theorem. In addition, we also study the time asymptotic stability of the time periodic solution.     

Convergence of compressible Navier-Stokes-Maxwell equations to incompressible Navier-Stokes equations

The combined quasi-neutral and non-relativistic limit of compressible Navier-Stokes-Maxwell equations for plasmas is studied. For well-prepared initial data, it is shown that the smooth solution of compressible Navier-Stokes-Maxwell equations converges to the smooth solution of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations by introducing new modulated energy functional.     

Global existence in critical spaces for compressible Navier-Stokes equations

We investigate global strong solutions for isentropic compressible fluids with initial data close to a stable equilibrium. We obtain the existence and uniqueness of a solution in a functional setting invariant by the scaling of the associated equations. More precisely, the initial velocity has the same critical regularity index as for the incompressible homogeneous Navier-Stokes equations, and one more derivative is needed for the density. We point out a smoothing effect on the velocity and a L ¹-decay on the difference between the density and the constant reference state. The proof lies on uniform estimates for a mixed hyperbolic/parabolic linear system with a convection term. Oblatum 9-II-1999 & 6-I-2000?Published online: 29 March 2000     

On classical solutions of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with nonnegative initial densities

We study the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible barotropic fluids in a bounded or unbounded domain Ω of R³. We first prove the local existence of solutions (ρ,u) in C([0,T_*]; (ρ^∞ +H³(Ω)) × under the assumption that the data satisfies a natural compatibility condition. Then deriving the smoothing effect of the velocity u in t>0, we conclude that (ρ,u) is a classical solution in (0,T_**)×Ω for some T_** ∈ (0,T_*]. For these results, the initial density needs not be bounded below away from zero and may vanish in an open subset (vacuum) of Ω.     

A blow-up criterion for classical solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we obtain a blow-up criterion for classical solutions to the 3-D compressible Navier-Stokes equations just in terms of the gradient of the velocity, analogous to the Beal-Kato-Majda criterion for the ideal incompressible flow. In addition, the initial vacuum is allowed in our case.     

Global existence of solutions for compressible Navier-Stokes equations with vacuum

In this paper, we will investigate the global existence of solutions for the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations when the density is in contact with vacuum continuously. More precisely, the viscosity coefficient is assumed to be a power function of density, i.e., μ(ρ)=Aρθ, where A and θ are positive constants. New global existence result is established for 0<θ<1 when the initial density appears vacuum in the interior of the gas, which is the novelty of the presentation.     

A note on barotropic compressible quantum Navier-Stokes equations

The global-in-time existence of weak solutions to the barotropic compressible quantum Navier-Stokes equations has been proved very recently, by Jüngel (2009) [1], if the viscosity constant is smaller than the scaled Plank constant. This paper extends the results to the case that the viscosity constant equals the scaled Plank constant. By using a new estimate on the square root of the solution, apparently not available in [1], the semiclassical limit for the viscous quantum Euler equations (which are equivalent to the barotropic compressible quantum Navier-Stokes equations) can be performed; then the results of this paper are obtained easily.     

Boundary layers for compressible Navier-Stokes equations with outflow boundary condition

In this paper, we study the asymptotic relation between the solutions to the initial boundary value problem of the one-dimensional compressible full Navier-Stokes equations with outflow boundary condition and the associated Euler equations. We assume all the three characteristics to the corresponding Euler equations are all negative up to some small time, then we prove the existence and the stability of the boundary layers as long as the strength of the boundary layers is suitably small.     

Convergence to rarefaction waves for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation and compressible Navier-Stokes equations

The main purpose of this paper is to study the asymptotic equivalence of the Boltzmann equation for the hard-sphere collision model to its corresponding Euler equations of compressible gas dynamics in the limit of small mean free path. When the fluid flow is a smooth rarefaction (or centered rarefaction) wave with finite strength, the corresponding Boltzmann solution exists globally in time, and the solution converges to the rarefaction wave uniformly for all time (or away from t=0) as ?→0. A decomposition of a Boltzmann solution into its macroscopic (fluid) part and microscopic (kinetic) part is adopted to rewrite the Boltzmann equation in a form of compressible Navier-Stokes equations with source terms. In this setting, the same asymptotic equivalence of the full compressible Navier-Stokes equations to its corresponding Euler equations in the limit of small viscosity and heat conductivity (depending on the viscosity) is also obtained.