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The axially symmetric solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations in a periodic cylinder with boundary slip conditions on the lateral part of its boundary are considered. A priori estimates for solutions with large swirl necessary for a proof…
The ultra-relativistic Euler equations for an ideal gas are described in terms of the pressure, the spatial part of the dimensionless four-velocity and the particle density. Radially symmetric solutions of these equations are studied in two…
The ultra-relativistic Euler equations for an ideal gas are described in terms of the pressure $p$, the spatial part $\underline{u} \in \R^3$ of the dimensionless four-velocity and the particle density $n$. Radially symmetric solutions of…
From an open set of initial data, we construct a family of classical solutions to the 1D nonisentropic compressible Euler equations which form $C^{0,\nu}$ cusps as a first singularity, for any $\nu \in [1/2,1)$. For this range of $\nu$,…
We establish rigorously the existence of a three-parameter family of self-similar,globally bounded, and continuous weak solutions in two space dimensions to the compressible Euler equations with axisymmetry for gamma-law polytropic gases…
We prove shock formation results for the compressible Euler equations and related systems of conservation laws in one space dimension, or three dimensions with spherical symmetry. We establish an $L^\infty$ bound for $C^1$ solutions of the…
In this paper, we consider the compressible Euler equations with time-dependent damping \frac{\a}{(1+t)^\lambda}u in one space dimension. By constructing 'decoupled' Riccati type equations for smooth solutions, we provide some sufficient…
We study the behavior of perturbations in a compressible one-dimensional inviscid gas with an ambient state consisting of constant pressure and periodically-varying density. We show through asymptotic analysis that long-wavelength…
In this paper, for compressible Euler equations in multiple space dimensions, we prove the break-down of classical solutions with a large class of initial data by tracking the propagation of radially symmetric expanding wave including…
We use the one-dimensional steady version of the equations derived in paper I to compute the structure of shock waves. The agreement with experiment is good, especially when we retain the experimental value of the Prandtl number adopted in…
Radially symmetric shadow wave solutions to the system of multidimensional pressureless gas dynamics are introduced, which allow one to capture concentration of mass. The transformation to a one-dimensional system with source terms is…
We study the resolution of discontinuous singularities in gas dynamics via rarefaction waves. The mechanism is well-understood in the one dimensional case. We will prove the non-nonlinear stability of the Riemann problem for…
We provide a detailed analysis of the shock formation process for the non-isentropic 2d Euler equations in azimuthal symmetry. We prove that from an open set of smooth and generic initial data, solutions of Euler form a first singularity or…
We consider the Cauchy problem to the axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations. To prove an existence of global regular solutions we examine the Navier-Stokes equations near the axis of symmetry and far from it separately. We derive only a…
The study of spherically symmetric motion is important for the theory of explosion waves. In this paper, we construct rigorously self-similar solutions to the Riemann problem of the spherically symmetric Euler equations for general…
We construct centered rarefaction wave solutions given background solutions to the compressible Euler equations. The flow considered in this article is the homentropic flow of perfect gas governed by compressible Euler equations and the…
We consider the 2D isentropic compressible Euler equations, with pressure law $p(\rho) = (\sfrac{1}{\gamma}) \rho^\gamma$, with $\gamma >1$. We provide an elementary constructive proof of shock formation from smooth initial datum of finite…
We prove a priori estimates for the compressible Euler equations modeling the motion of a liquid with moving physical vacuum boundary in an unbounded initial domain. The liquid is under influence of gravity but without surface tension. Our…
In this note, we prove that the solutions obtained to the spherically symmetric Euler equations in the recent works [2, 3] are weak solutions of the multi-dimensional compressible Euler equations. This follows from new uniform estimates…
In this article we consider variable coefficient, time-dependent wave equations. Using phase space methods we construct outgoing parametrices and prove Strichartz-type estimates globally in time. This is done in the context of C^2 metrics…