Uniqueness and regularity for the Navier--Stokes--Cahn--Hilliard system
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Author(s)
Giorgini, Andrea
Miranville, Alain
Temam, Roger
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The motion of two contiguous incompressible and viscous fluids is described within the diffuse interface theory by the so-called Model H. The system consists of the Navier--Stokes equations, which are coupled with the Cahn--Hilliard equation associated to the Ginzburg--Landau free energy with physically relevant logarithmic potential. This model is studied in bounded smooth domains in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d=2$, and $d=3$ and is supplemented with a no-slip condition for the velocity, homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions for the order parameter and the chemical potential, and suitable initial conditions. We study uniqueness and regularity of weak and strong solutions. In a two-dimensional domain, we show the uniqueness of weak solutions and the existence and uniqueness of global strong solutions originating from an initial velocity ${\it u}_0 \in {\mathbf{V}}_\sigma$, namely, $\textbf{\textit{u}}_0\in \mathbf{H}_0^1(\Omega)$ such that $\mathrm{div}\, {\it u}_0=0$. In addition, we prove further regularity properties and the validity of the instantaneous separation property. In a three-dimensional domain we show the existence and uniqueness of local strong solutions with initial velocity ${\it u}_0 \in {\mathbf{V}}_\sigma$.
Date Issued
2019-06-20
Date Acceptance
2019-03-11
Citation
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 2019, 51 (3), pp.2535-2574
ISSN
0036-1410
Publisher
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Start Page
2535
End Page
2574
Journal / Book Title
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
Volume
51
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Identifier
https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/18M1223459
Subjects
Applied Mathematics
0101 Pure Mathematics
0102 Applied Mathematics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-06-20