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The paper addresses an error analysis of an Eulerian finite element method used for solving a linearized Navier--Stokes problem in a time-dependent domain. In this study, the domain's evolution is assumed to be known and independent of the…
The purpose of this article is to study the convergence of a low order finite element approximation for a natural convection problem. We prove that the discretization based on P1 polynomials for every variable (velocity, pressure and…
This report presents a low computational and cognitive complexity, stable, time accurate and adaptive method for the Navier-Stokes equations. The improved method requires a minimally intrusive modification to an existing program based on…
On a K\"ahler manifold we consider the problems of maximizing/minimizing Monge--Amp\`ere energy over certain subsets of the space of K\"ahler potentials. Under suitable assumptions we prove that solutions to these variational problems…
We consider the vanishing dissipation limit of the compressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier system, where the initial data approach a profile generating a planar rarefaction wave for the limit Euler system. We show that the associated weak…
In this work we consider the two dimensional instationary Navier-Stokes equations with homogeneous Dirichlet/no-slip boundary conditions. We show error estimates for the fully discrete problem, where a discontinuous Galerkin method in time…
Obtaining reliable numerical simulations of turbulent fluids is a challenging problem in computational fluid mechanics. The Large Eddy Simulations (LES) models are efficient tools to approximate turbulent fluids and an important step in the…
The stability problem for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations with dissipation in only one direction on $\mathbb R^2$ is not fully understood. This dissipation is in the intermediate regime between the fully dissipative Navier-Stokes and the…
We analyze optimal control problems for two-phase Navier-Stokes equations with surface tension. Based on $L_p$-maximal regularity of the underlying linear problem and recent well-posedness results of the problem for sufficiently small data…
In this paper we prove the uniform-in-time $L^p$ convergence in the inviscid limit of a family $\omega^\nu$ of solutions of the $2D$ Navier-Stokes equations towards a renormalized/Lagrangian solution $\omega$ of the Euler equations. We also…
We study Liouville type of theorems for the Navier-Stokes and the Euler equations on $\Bbb R^N$, $N\geq 2$. Specifically, we prove that if a weak solution $(v,p)$ satisfies $|v|^2 +|p| \in L^1 (0,T; L^1(\Bbb R^N, w_1(x)dx))$ and $\int_{\Bbb…
We investigate symmetry reduction of optimal control problems for left-invariant control systems on Lie groups, with partial symmetry breaking cost functions. Our approach emphasizes the role of variational principles and considers a…
Split form schemes for Euler and Navier-Stokes equations are useful for computation of turbulent flows due to their better robustness. This is because they satisfy additional conservation properties of the governing equations like kinetic…
We study an old variational problem formulated by Euler as Proposition 53 of his `Scientia Navalis' by means of the direct method of the calculus of variations. Precisely, through relaxation arguments, we prove the existence of minimizers.…
This work is concerned with the necessary conditions of optimality for a minimal time control problem $(P)$ for the linearized Navier-Stokes periodic flow in a 2D-channel, subject to a boundary input which acts on the transversal component…
We prove that some discretization schemes for the 2D Navier-Stokes equations subject to a random perturbation converge in $L^2(\Omega)$. This refines previous results which only established the convergence in probability of these numerical…
Recently, A. Vasseur and C. Yu have proved the existence of global entropy-weak solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with viscosities $\nu(\varrho)=\mu\varrho$ and $\lambda(\varrho)=0$ and a pressure law under the form…
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