We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the evolution Stokes equation in a thin three-dimensional domain bounded by two moving surfaces in the limit as the distance between the surfaces approaches zero. Using only a priori estimates and compactness it is rigorously verified that the limit velocity field and pressure are governed by the time-dependent Reynolds equation.

We consider the Navier–Stokes equations for compressible isothermal flow in the steady two dimensional case and show the existence of a weak solution in the case of periodic and of mixed boundary conditions.

In this article, a non linear family of spaces, based on the energy dissipation, is introduced. This family bridges an energy space (containing weak solutions to Navier-Stokes equation) to a critical space (invariant through the canonical scaling of the Navier-Stokes equation). This family is used to get uniform estimates on higher derivatives to solutions to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations. Tho...

For the 3D Navier–Stokes problem on the whole space, we study existence, regularity and stability of time-periodic solutions in Lebesgue, Lorentz or Sobolev spaces, when the periodic forcing belongs to critical classes of forces.

Estimates for the three α-models known as the LANS-α, Leray-α and Bardina models are found in terms a Reynolds number associated with a Navier-Stokes velocity field. They are tabulated for comparative purposes and show clearly that all estimates for the Leray-α model are smaller than those for the LANS-α and Bardina models.

We consider the open problem of regularity for L3,∞-solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations. We show that the problem can be reduced to a backward uniqueness problem for the heat operator with lower order terms. 1991 Mathematical subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): 35K, 76D.

In this paper we prove the nonexistence of global weak solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations for the isentropic gas in R N , N ≥ 3, where the pressure law given by p(ρ) = aρ γ , a > 0, 1 < γ ≤

We study spatial analyticity properties of solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation and obtain new growth rate estimates for the analyticity radius. We also study stability properties of strong global solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation with data in H, r ≥ 1/2 and prove a stability result for the analyticity radius.

This paper concerns the two-dimensional NavierStokes equations in a Lipschitz domain Ω with nonhomogeneous boundary condition u = φ on ∂Ω. Assuming φ ∈ L∞(∂Ω), we establish the existence of the universal attractor, and show that its dimension is bounded by c1G + c2Re, where G is the Grashof number and Re the Reynolds number.

A micromixer with unbalanced three-split rhombic sub-channels was proposed, and analyses of the mixing and flow characteristics of this micromixer were performed in this work. Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in combination with an advection-diffusion model with two working fluids (water and ethanol) were solved for the analysis. The mixing index and pressure drop were evaluated and co...