Global weak solutions to a ferrofluid flow model

We are concerned with the global solvability of the differential system introduced by Shliomis to describe the flow of a colloidal suspension of magnetized nanoparticles in a nonconducting liquid, under the action of an external magnetic field. The system is a combination of the Navier–Stokes equations, the magnetization equation, and the magnetostatic equations. We prove, by using a method of regularization, the existence of global‐in‐time weak solutions with finite energy to an initial boundary‐value problem and establish the long‐time behaviour of such solutions. The main difficulty is due to the singularity of the gradient magnetic force and the torque. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global existence of weak solution to Navier–Stokes equations with large external force and general pressure

We study the 3‐D compressible Navier–Stokes equations with an external potential force and a general pressure. We prove the global‐in‐time existence of weak solutions with small‐energy initial data and with densities being positive and essentially bounded. No smallness assumption is made on the external force. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of a weak solution to the Navier–Stokes equation in a general time‐varying domain by the Rothe method

We assume that Ω^t is a domain in ?³, arbitrarily (but continuously) varying for 0?t?T. We impose no conditions on smoothness or shape of Ω^t. We prove the global in time existence of a weak solution of the Navier–Stokes equation with Dirichlet's homogeneous or inhomogeneous boundary condition in Q_{[0, T)} := {( x , t);0?t?T, x ∈Ω^t}. The solution satisfies the energy‐type inequality and is weakly continuous in dependence of time in a certain sense. As particular examples, we consider flows around rotating bodies and around a body striking a rigid wall. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global weak solutions to the Cauchy problem of compressible Navier–Stokes–Vlasov–Fokker–Planck equations

A fluid–particles system of the compressible Navier‐Stokes equations and Vlasov‐Fokker‐Planck equation (including the case of Vlasov equation) in three‐dimensional space is considered in this paper. The coupling arises from a drag force exerted by the fluid onto the particles. We study a Cauchy problem with large data, and establish the existence of global weak solutions through an approximation scheme, energy estimates, and weak convergence. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global existence of the finite energy weak solutions to a nematic liquid crystals model

In this paper, we are concerned with a simplified hydrodynamic equation, proposed by Ericksen and Leslie, modeling the flow of nematic liquid crystals. For a bounded domain in Ropf³, under the assumption that initial density belongs to , we show the global existence of weak solutions to the nematic liquid crystals model with a penalized system. Furthermore, we also obtain the energy inequality for weak solutions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the existence of finite energy weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in irregular domains

This paper studies the existence of weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes system defined on a certain class of domains in ?³ that may contain cusps. The concept of such a domain and weak energy solution for the system is defined and its existence is proved. However, thinness of cusps must be related to the adiabatic constant appearing in the pressure law. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On weak solution to the steady compressible flow of nematic liquid crystals

In this paper, we study the three‐dimensional‐simplified Ericksen‐Leslie system for the steady compressible flow of nematic liquid crystals in a bounded domain. It is proved that the existence of a weak solution for the adiabatic exponent γ > 1 provided the initial direction field in the upper hemisphere.     

Global existence and large-time behavior of weak solutions to the compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations with Coulomb force

In this paper, we consider the equations of Magnetohydrodynamics with Coulomb force which is of hyperbolic–parabolic–elliptic mixed type. By constructing the approximate solutions to the modified system with an artificial pressure term added, global existence of finite energy weak solutions is established via the weak convergence method. More careful argument has been paid to overcome the new difficulty arising from the Poisson term of Coulomb force in two dimensions when the adiabatic exponent is close to one. We also investigate the large-time behavior of such weak solutions after discussing the regularity and uniqueness of solutions to the stationary problem.     

Global low-energy weak solution and large-time behavior for the compressible flow of liquid crystals

In this paper, we consider the weak solution of the simplified Ericksen–Leslie system modeling compressible nematic liquid crystal flows in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. When the initial data are of small energy and initial density is positive and essentially bounded, we prove the existence of a global weak solution in ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. The large-time behavior of a global weak solution is also established.     

Moment estimates for weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in half‐space

We establish the moment estimates for a class of global weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in the half‐space. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the domain dependence of solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations of a two‐dimensional compressible flow

We consider the Navier–Stokes equations for compressible, barotropic flow in two space dimensions, with pressure satisfying p(?)=a?log^d(?) for large ?, here d>1 and a>0. After introducing useful tools from the theory of Orlicz spaces, we prove a compactness result for the solution set of the equations with respect to the variation of the underlying bounded spatial domain. Especially, we get a general existence theorem for the system in question with no restrictions on smoothness of the bounded spatial domain. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sequential stability of weak solutions in compressible self‐gravitating fluids and stationary problem

In this paper, we prove the sequential stability of weak solutions over time, in relation to the Navier–Stokes system of compressible self‐gravitating fluids in a three‐dimensional domain. As a byproduct, we show that there exists at least one non‐negative solution to the stationary problem in any bounded domain with a given mass for the adiabatic constant γ > 3 ∕ 2. In particular, for the spherically symmetric case, these conclusions still hold for γ > 4 ∕ 3 or γ = 4 ∕ 3 with a small mass. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A weak solution approach to a reaction–diffusion system modeling pattern formation on seashells

We investigate a reaction–diffusion system proposed by H. Meinhardt as a model for pattern formation on seashells. We give a new proof for the existence of a local weak solution for general initial conditions and parameters upon using an iterative approach. Furthermore, the solution is shown to exist globally for suitable initial data. The behavior of the solution in time and space is illustrated through numerical simulations. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Partial regularity criteria for suitable weak solutions of the three‐dimensional liquid crystals flow

In this paper, we establish some new interior regularity criteria for suitable weak solutions of the liquid crystals flow in terms of the smallness of the scaled L^p,q‐norm of the velocity field or the vorticity, which extends the results by Scheffer in [Communications in Mathematical Physics 1980; 73 :1–42]. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sufficient conditions for the regularity of the solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations

In this paper we find sufficient conditions, involving only the pressure, that ensure the regularity of weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations. Conditions involving only the pressure were previously obtained in [7,4]. Following a remark in this last reference we improve, in particular, Kaniel's result [7]. Our condition can be seen at the light of the heuristic idea that the pressure behaves similarly to the modulus squared of the velocity. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global large solutions to incompressible Navier‐Stokes equations with gravity

In this per, we consider a special class of initial data for the three‐dimensional incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with gravity. We show that, under such conditions, the incompressible Navier‐Stokes equations with gravity are globally well posed, and the velocity minus gravity term has finite energy. The important features of the initial data is that the velocity fields minus gravity term are almost parallel to the corresponding vorticity fields in a very large space domain. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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.     

A fully discrete nonlinear Galerkin method for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations

The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) We show that the Fourier‐based Nonlinear Galerkin Method (NLGM) constructs suitable weak solutions to the periodic Navier–Stokes equations in three space dimensions provided the large scale/small scale cutoff is appropriately chosen. (ii) If smoothness is assumed, NLGM always outperforms the Galerkin method by a factor equal to 1 in the convergence order of the H ¹‐norm for the velocity and the L²‐norm for the pressure. This is a purely linear superconvergence effect resulting from standard elliptic regularity and holds independently of the nature of the boundary conditions (whether periodicity or no‐slip BC is enforced). © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2008