English

Stochastically forced Navier-Stokes equations interacting with an elastic structure

Analysis of PDEs 2026-06-26 v1

Abstract

We prove global-in-time strong pathwise well-posedness for a stochastic fluid-structure interaction problem coupling a two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes fluid to a one-dimensional damped Kirchhoff plate. The coupling is imposed on a fixed interface through continuity of velocities and balance of normal stresses, and stochastic forcing, modeled by a cylindrical Wiener process, acts on both the fluid and structure equations. We split the problem into a linear stochastic part and a nonlinear deterministic remainder. The linear stochastic problem is treated by proving that the associated fluid-structure operator admits a bounded H\mathcal{H}^\infty-calculus, yielding stochastic maximal regularity. This requires a decoupling procedure for the non-diagonal operator domain, and pressure estimates via suitable lifting constructions. The deterministic remainder is solved locally by quasilinear methods, and the resulting blow-up criterion is ruled out by higher-order a priori estimates. This is the first global-in-time strong pathwise well-posedness result for a stochastically forced Navier-Stokes system interacting with a deformable elastic structure.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2606.28131,
  title  = {Stochastically forced Navier-Stokes equations interacting with an elastic structure},
  author = {Felix Brandt and Matthias Hieber and Arnab Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28131},
  year   = {2026}
}