On a decay rate for 1D-viscous compressible barotropic fluid equations

The Navier-Stokes equations of a compressible barotropic fluid in 1D with zero velocity boundary conditions are considered. We study the case of large initial data in H ¹ as well as the mass force such that the stationary density is positive. The uniform lower bound for the density is proved. By constructing suitable Lyapunov functionals, decay rate estimates in L ²-norm and H ¹-norm are given. The decay rate is exponential if so the decay rate of the nonstationary part of the mass force is. The results are proved in the Eulerian coordinates for a wide class of increasing state functions including with any γ > 0 as well as functions of arbitrarily fast growth. We also extend the results for equations of a multicomponent compressible barotropic mixture (in the absence of chemical reactions). Received December 20, 2000; accepted February 27, 2001.     

Nonexistence results for a compressible non-Newtonian fluid with magnetic effects in the whole space

We consider a generalization of the compressible barotropic Navier-Stokes equations to the case of non-Newtonian fluid in the whole space. The viscosity tensor is assumed to be coercive with an exponent q>1. We prove that if the total mass and momentum of the system are conserved, then one can find a constant qγ>1 depending on the dimension of space n and the heat ratio γ such that for q∈[qγ,n) there exists no global in time smooth solution to the Cauchy problem. We prove also an analogous result for solutions to equations of magnetohydrodynamic non-Newtonian fluid in 3D space.     

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→+∞.     

Global weak solutions and asymptotic behavior to 1D compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity and vacuum

This paper is concerned with existence of global weak solutions to a class of compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity and vacuum. When the viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρθ with , a global existence result is obtained which improves the previous results in Fang and Zhang (2004) [4], Vong et al. (2003) [27], Yang and Zhu (2002) [30]. Here ρ is the density. Moreover, we prove that the domain, where fluid is located on, expands outwards into vacuum at an algebraic rate as the time grows up due to the dispersion effect of total pressure. It is worth pointing out that our result covers the interesting case of the Saint-Venant model for shallow water (i.e., θ=1, γ=2).     

A remark on regularity of 1D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

In this paper, we consider one-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with the viscosity depending on density and with the free boundary. The viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρθ with θ>0, where ρ is the density. The existence, uniqueness, regularity of global weak solutions in H¹([0,1]) have been established by Xin and Yao in [Z. Xin, Z. Yao, The existence, uniqueness and regularity for one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations, preprint]. Furthermore, under certain assumptions imposed on the initial data, we improve the regularity result obtained in [Z. Xin, Z. Yao, The existence, uniqueness and regularity for one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations, preprint] by driving some new a priori estimates.     

Global existence of strong solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for isentropic compressible fluids with density-dependent viscosity

This paper is concerned with global strong solutions of the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity coefficient in one-dimensional bounded intervals. Precisely, the viscosity coefficient μ=μ(ρ) and the pressure P is proportional to ργ with γ>1. The important point in this paper is that the initial density may vanish in an open subset. We also show that the strong solution obtained above is unique provided that the initial data satisfies additional regularity and a compatible condition. Compared with former results obtained by Hyunseok Kim in [H. Kim, Global existence of strong solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for one-dimensional isentropic compressible fluids, available at: http://com2mac.postech.ac.kr/papers/2001/01-38.pdf], we deal with density-dependent viscosity coefficient.     

Viscous compressible barotropic symmetric flows with free boundary under general mass force Part I: Uniform‐in‐time bounds and stabilization

We consider symmetric flows of a viscous compressible barotropic fluid with a free boundary, under a general mass force depending both on the Eulerian and Lagrangian co‐ordinates, with arbitrarily large initial data. For a general non‐monotone state function p, we prove uniform‐in‐time energy bound and the uniform bounds for the density ρ, together with the stabilization as t → ∞ of the kinetic and potential energies. We also obtain H¹‐stabilization of the velocity v to zero provided that the second viscosity is zero. For either increasing or non‐decreasing p, we study the L^λ‐stabilization of ρ and the stabilization of the free boundary together with the corresponding ω‐limit set in the general case of non‐unique stationary solution possibly with zones of vacuum. In the case of increasing p and stationary densities ρ_S separated from zero, we establish the uniform‐in‐time H¹‐bounds and the uniform stabilization for ρ and v. All these results are stated and mainly proved in the Eulerian co‐ordinates. They are supplemented with the corresponding stabilization results in the Lagrangian co‐ordinates in the case of ρ_S separated from zero. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global classical large solutions to 1D compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity and vacuum

In this paper, we investigate an initial boundary value problem for 1D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with large initial data, density-dependent viscosity, external force, and vacuum. Making full use of the local estimates of the solutions in Cho and Kim (2006) [3] and the one-dimensional properties of the equations and the Sobolev inequalities, we get a unique global classical solution (ρ,u) where ρ∈C¹([0,T];H¹([0,1])) and u∈H¹([0,T];H²([0,1])) for any T>0. As it is pointed out in Xin (1998) [31] that the smooth solution (ρ,u)∈C¹([0,T];H³(R¹)) (T is large enough) of the Cauchy problem must blow up in finite time when the initial density is of nontrivial compact support. It seems that the regularities of the solutions we obtained can be improved, which motivates us to obtain some new estimates with the help of a new test function ρ²utt, such as Lemmas 3.2-3.6. This leads to further regularities of (ρ,u) where ρ∈C¹([0,T];H³([0,1])), u∈H¹([0,T];H³([0,1])). It is still open whether the regularity of u could be improved to C¹([0,T];H³([0,1])) with the appearance of vacuum, since it is not obvious that the solutions in C¹([0,T];H³([0,1])) to the initial boundary value problem must blow up in finite time.     

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.     

Existence of weak solutions to the three-dimensional steady compressible magnetohydrodynamic equations

The purpose of this paper is to prove the existence of a spatially periodic weak solution to the steady compressible isentropic MHD equations in R3 for any specific heat ratio γ 1.The proof is based on the weighted estimates of both pressure and kinetic energy for the approximate system which result in some higher integrability of the density,and the method of weak convergence.According to the author's knowledge,it is the first result that treats in three dimensions the existence of weak solutions to the steady compressible MHD equations with γ 1.     

Well-posedness and weak rotation limit for the Ostrovsky equation

We consider the Cauchy problem of the Ostrovsky equation. We first prove the time local well-posedness in the anisotropic Sobolev space Hs,a with s>−a/2−3/4 and 0?a?−1 by the Fourier restriction norm method. This result include the time local well-posedness in Hs with s>−3/4 for both positive and negative dissipation, namely for both βγ>0 and βγ<0. We next consider the weak rotation limit. We prove that the solution of the Ostrovsky equation converges to the solution of the KdV equation when the rotation parameter γ goes to 0 and the initial data of the KdV equation is in L². To show this result, we prove a bilinear estimate which is uniform with respect to γ.     

Dynamics of singularity surfaces for compressible,viscous flows in two space dimensions

We prove the global existence of solutions of the Navier‐Stokes equations of compressible, barotropic flow in two space dimensions which exhibit convecting singularity curves. The fluid density and velocity gradient have jump discontinuities across these curves, exactly as predicted by the Rankine‐Hugoniot conditions, and these jump discontinuities decay exponentially in time, more rapidly for smaller viscosities. The singularity curves remain C^1+α despite the fact that the velocity fields which convect them are not continuously differentiable. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On the existence 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. We introduce useful tools from the theory of Orlicz spaces. Then we prove the existence of globally defined finite energy weak solutions for the pressure satisfying p(?) = a?log^d(?) for large ?. Here d>1 and a > 0. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the global existence of smooth solutions to the multi-dimensional compressible euler equations with time-depending damping in half space

This paper is a continue work of [4, 5]. In the previous two papers, we studied the Cauchy problem of the multi-dimensional compressible Euler equations with time-depending damping term -μ/((1+t)λ)ρu, where λ≥ 0 and μ 0 are constants. We have showed that, for all λ≥ 0 and μ 0, the smooth solution to the Cauchy problem exists globally or blows up in finite time. In the present paper, instead of the Cauchy problem we consider the initialboundary value problem in the half space R_+~d with space dimension d = 2, 3. With the help of the special structure of the equations and the fluid vorticity, we overcome the difficulty arisen from the boundary effect. We prove that there exists a global smooth solution for 0 ≤λ 1when the initial data is close to its equilibrium state. In addition, exponential decay of the fluid vorticity will also be established.     

Existence of weak solutions to the three-dimensional steady compressible Navier-Stokes equations

We prove the existence of a spatially periodic weak solution to the steady compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations in R³ for any specific heat ratio γ>1. The proof is based on the weighted estimates of both pressure and kinetic energy for the approximate system which result in some higher integrability of the density, and the method of weak convergence.     

Asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations of a two-dimensional compressible flow

In this paper,we are concerned with the asymptotic behaviour of a weak solution to the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible barotropic flow in two space dimensions with the pressure function satisfying p(e) = a log d(e) for large .Here d > 2,a > 0.We introduce useful tools from the theory of Orlicz spaces and construct a suitable function which approximates the density for time going to infinity.Using properties of this function,we can prove the strong convergence of the density to its limit state.The behaviour of the velocity field and kinetic energy is also briefly discussed.     

Regularity of 1D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

In this paper, we consider one-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with the viscosity depending on density and with free boundary. The viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρθ with 0<θ<1, where ρ is the density. The existence and uniqueness of global weak solutions in H¹([0,1]) have been established in [S. Jiang, Z. Xin, P. Zhang, Global weak solutions to 1D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity, Methods Appl. Anal. 12 (2005) 239-252]. We will establish the regularity of global solution under certain assumptions imposed on the initial data by deriving some new a priori estimates.     

On global motions of a compressible barotropic and selfgravitating gas with density-dependent viscosities

We consider the Cauchy problem for the equations of selfgravitating motions of a barotropic gas with density-dependent viscosities μ(ρ), and λ(ρ) satisfying the Bresch–Desjardins condition, when the pressure P(ρ) is not necessarily a monotone function of the density. We prove that this problem admits a global weak solution provided that the adiabatic exponent γ associated with P(ρ) satisfies ${\gamma > \frac{4}{3}}$ .     

A Note on Time-Decay Estimates for the Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations

In the recent work, we have developed a decay framework in general L~p critical spaces and established optimal time-decay estimates for barotropic compressible Navier–Stokes equations. Those decay rates of L~q-L~r type of the solution and its derivatives are available in the critical regularity framework, which were exactly firstly observed by Matsumura Nishida, and subsequently generalized by Ponce for solutions with high Sobolev regularity. We would like to mention that our approach is likely to be effective for other hyperbolic/parabolic systems that are encountered in fluid mechanics or mathematical physics. In this paper, a new observation is involved in the high frequency, which enables us to improve decay exponents for the high frequencies of solutions.     

Axisymmetric solutions of the 3D Navier–Stokes equations for compressible isentropic fluids

We prove the existence of global weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations for compressible isentropic fluids for any γ>1 when the Cauchy data are axisymmetric, where γ is the specific heat ratio. Moreover, we obtain a new integrability estimate of the density in any neighborhood of the symmetric axis (the singularity axis).