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We deal with the global in time weak solutions to the 1D compressible Navier-Stokes system of equations for large discontinuous initial data and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions of three standard types. We prove the Lipschitz-type…
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We prove that the critical points of the 3d nonlinear elasticity functional on shells of small thickness $h$ and around the mid-surface $S$ of arbitrary geometry, converge as $h\to 0$ to the critical points of the von K\'arm\'an functional…
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We analyze a model problem based on highly disparate elastic constants that we propose in order to understand corners and cusps that form on the boundary between the nematic and isotropic phases in a liquid crystal. For a bounded planar…
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We prove the existence of a unique large-data global-in-time weak solution to a class of models of the form $\mathbf{u}_{tt} = \mathrm{div}(\mathbb{T}) + \mathbf{f}$ for viscoelastic bodies exhibiting strain-limiting behaviour, where the…
Let $\Omega$ be an arbitrary smooth bounded domain in $\R^2$ and $\epsilon>0$ be arbitrary. Squeeze $\Omega$ by the factor $\epsilon$ in the $y$-direction to obtain the squeezed domain $\Omega_\epsilon=\{(x,\epsilon y)\mid (x,y)\in\Omega…
We investigate the asymptotic properties of inertial modes confined in a spherical shell when viscosity tends to zero. We first consider the mapping made by the characteristics of the hyperbolic equation (Poincar\'e's equation) satisfied by…
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We study the motion of a rigid body within a compressible, isentropic, and viscous fluid contained in a fixed bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$. The fluid's behavior is described by the Navier-Stokes equations, while the motion…