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We present a numerical method to model the dynamics of inextensible biomembranes in a quasi-Newtonian incompressible flow, which better describes hemorheology in the small vasculature. We consider a level set model for the fluid-membrane…
This paper is a continuation of our previous work (arXiv:2507.03505), where the global existence and incompressible limit of weak solutions to the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations in the half-plane with ripped density and…
We consider a dilute suspension of dumbbells joined by a finitely extendible nonlinear elastic (FENE) connector evolving under the classical Warner potential $U(s)=-\frac{b}{2} \log(1-\frac{2s}{b})$, $s\in[0,\frac{b}{2})$. The solvent under…
We prove the existence of weak solutions to a viscoelastic phase separation problem in two space dimensions. The mathematical model consists of a Cahn-Hilliard-type equation for two-phase flows and the Peterlin-Navier-Stokes equations for…
We investigate the tight packing of nematic polymers inside a confining hard sphere. We model the polymer {\sl via} the continuum Frank elastic free energy augmented by a simple density dependent part as well as by taking proper care of the…
We consider a recent plate model obtained as a scaled limit of the three dimensional Biot system of poro-elasticity. The result is a "2.5" dimensional linear system that couples traditional Euler-Bernoulli plate dynamics to a pressure…
We consider the dynamics of a gas bubble immersed in an incompressible fluid of fixed temperature, and focus on the relaxation of an expanding and contracting spherically symmetric bubble due to thermal effects. We study two models, both…
In this paper, we mainly study global well-posedness and optimal decay rate for the strong solutions of the compressible co-rotation finite extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE) dumbbell model. This model is a coupling of the isentropic…
Well-posedness of a free boundary problem for electrostatic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is investigated when nonlinear bending effects are taken into account. The model describes the evolution of the deflection of an electrically…
We consider the Hookean dumbbell model, a system of nonlinear PDEs arising in the kinetic theory of homogeneous dilute polymeric fluids. It consists of the unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in a bounded Lipschitz domain,…
The evolution problem for a membrane based model of an electrostatically actuated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is studied. The model describes the dynamics of the membrane displacement and the electric potential. The latter is a…
Taking into account the nonequivalence of fixed-force and fixed-length ensembles in the weak-force regime, equations of state are derived that describe the equilibrium extension or compression of an ideal Gaussian polymer chain in response…
We investigate the regularity of local weak solutions to evolution equations of the form \[…
We prove the existence of a weak solution to the three-dimensional steady compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations in bounded domains for any specific heat ratio \gamma > 1. Generally speaking, the proof is based on the new weighted…
Self-assembled linear structures like giant cylindrical micelles or discotic molecules in solution stacked in flexible columns are systems reminiscent of polydisperse polymer solutions.These supramolecular polymers have an equilibrium…
We consider weak solutions to a two-dimensional simplified Ericksen-Leslie system of compressible flow of nematic liquid crystals. An initial-boundary value problem is first studied in a bounded domain. By developing new techniques and…
In this paper we consider the hyperbolic-elliptic system of two conservation laws that describes the dynamics of an elastic material governed by a non-monotone strain-stress function. Following Abeyaratne and Knowles, we propose a notion of…
This work studies scattering-induced elastic wave attenuation and phase velocity variation in 3D untextured cubic polycrystals with statistically equiaxed grains using the theoretical second-order approximation (SOA) and Born approximation…
We study a thermodynamically consistent diffuse interface model that describes the motion of a two-phase flow of two viscous incompressible Newtonian fluids with unmatched densities and a soluble surfactant in a bounded domain of two or…