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On a Linearized Problem Arising in the Navier-Stokes Flow of a Free Liquid Jet

Analysis of PDEs 2011-12-20 v1

Abstract

In this work, we analyze a Stokes problem arising in the study of the Navier-Stokes flow of a liquid jet. The analysis is accomplished by showing that the relevant Stokes operator accounting for a free surface gives rise to a sectorial operator which generates an analytic semigroup of contractions. Estimates on solutions are established using Fourier methods. The result presented is the key ingredient in a local existence and uniqueness proof for solutions of the full nonlinear problem.

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@article{arxiv.1112.4029,
  title  = {On a Linearized Problem Arising in the Navier-Stokes Flow of a Free Liquid Jet},
  author = {Shaun Ceci and Thomas Hagen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.4029},
  year   = {2011}
}