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Existence and stability of weak solutions for a degenerate parabolic system modelling two-phase flows in porous media

Analysis of PDEs 2011-10-31 v1

Abstract

We prove global existence of nonnegative weak solutions to a degenerate parabolic system which models the interaction of two thin fluid films in a porous medium. Furthermore, we show that these weak solutions converge at an exponential rate towards flat equilibria.

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@article{arxiv.1101.3964,
  title  = {Existence and stability of weak solutions for a degenerate parabolic system modelling two-phase flows in porous media},
  author = {Joachim Escher and Philippe Laurencot and Bogdan-Vasile Matioc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3964},
  year   = {2011}
}