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We establish the existence and uniqueness of smooth solutions with large vorticity and weak solutions with vortex sheets/entropy waves for the steady Euler equations for both compressible and incompressible fluids in arbitrary infinitely…
Consider the two-phase free boundary problem subject to surface tension and gravitational forces for a class of non-Newtonian fluids with stress tensors $T_i$ of the form $T_i=-\pi I+\mu_i(|D(v)|^2)D(v)$ for $i=1,2$, respectively, and where…
We consider a circulation system arising in turbulence modelling in fluid dynamics with unbounded eddy viscosities. Various notions of weak solutions are considered and compared. We establish existence and regularity results. In particular…
Although the critical Reynolds number for linear instability of the laminar flow in a straight pipe is infinite, we show that it is finite for a divergent pipe, and approaches infinity as the inverse of the divergence angle. The velocity…
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We consider free surface instabilities of films flowing on inverted substrates within the framework of lubrication approximation. We allow for the presence of fronts and related contact lines, and explore the role which they play in…
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Consider a free boundary problem of compressible-incompressible two-phase flows with surface tension and phase transition in bounded domains $\Omega_{t +}, \Omega_{t -} \subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $N \ge 2$, where the domains are separated by a…
We derive a boundary layer equation describing accumulation regions within a thin-film approximation framework where gravity and surface tension balance. As part of the analysis of this problem we investigate in detail and rigorously the…
This brief note addresses the free boundary problem arising from the steady two-dimensional seepage flow through a rectangular dam. The flow problem consists in finding the free boundary location, and the velocity and pressure fields. The…
Well-posedness for the two dimensional Euler system with given initial vorticity is known since the works of Judovi\v{c}. In this paper we show existence of solutions in the case where we allowed the fluid to enter in and exit from the…
The velocity and friction properties of laminar pipe flow of a viscoelastic solution are bounded by the corresponding values for two Newtonian fluids, namely, the solvent and a fluid with a viscosity identical to the total viscosity of the…
We investigate the role of the four viscosity parameters, in fluids where the particles possess a microstructure (micropolar flows) and are allowed to rotate in a two-dimensional setting. We first establish the existence of global finite…
The incompressible Micropolar system is given by two coupled equations: the first equation gives the evolution of the velocity field u while the second equation gives the evolution of the microrotation field $\omega$. In this article we…