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We construct a new class of self-similar implosion profiles for the multi-dimensional compressible Euler equations. These profiles are smooth, genuinely non-isentropic, radially/spherically symmetric, and have explicit (closed-form)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-04 Jiajie Chen , Steve Shkoller , Vlad Vicol

We review and apply the continuous symmetry approach to find the solution of the 3D Euler fluid equations in several instances of interest, via the construction of constants of motion and infinitesimal symmetries, without recourse to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-25 Miguel D. Bustamante

We establish the equivalence of free piston and delta shock, for the one-space-dimensional pressureless compressible Euler equations. The delta shock appearing in the singular Riemann problem is exactly the piston that may move freely…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-18 Le Gao , Aifang Qu , Hairong Yuan

For any $\alpha \in (0,1/3)$, we construct exact $C^{\alpha}$ self-similar blowup profiles for the vorticity of the 3D incompressible Euler equation without swirl, and build on them to prove asymptotically self-similar blowup from…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Jiajie Chen

Whether singularities can form in fluids remains a foundational unanswered question in mathematics. This phenomenon occurs when solutions to governing equations, such as the 3D Euler equations, develop infinite gradients from smooth initial…

We study the Cauchy problem for the compressible Euler equations in two spatial dimensions under any physical barotropic equation of state except that of a Chaplygin gas. We prove that the well-known phenomenon of shock formation in simple…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-10-05 Jonathan Luk , Jared Speck

In this article we consider viscous flow in the exterior of an obstacle satisfying the standard no-slip boundary condition at the surface of the obstacle. We seek conditions under which solutions of the Navier-Stokes system in the exterior…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-02-17 D. Iftimie , M. C. Lopes Filho , H. J. Nussenzveig Lopes

In this paper, we study the existence and uniqueness of three dimensional steady Euler flows in rectangular nozzles when prescribing normal component of momentum at both the entrance and exit. If, in addition, the normal component of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-05-13 Chao Chen , Chunjing Xie

In this paper we extend and complement some recent results by Chiodaroli, De Lellis and Kreml on the well-posedness issue for weak solutions of the compressible isentropic Euler system in $2$ space dimensions with pressure law…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Elisabetta Chiodaroli , Ondřej Kreml

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of subsonic solutions to the steady Euler flows past a smooth, axisymmetric obstacle. Specifically, for a broad class of prescribed positive axial velocities in the upstream, the subsonic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Dehua Wang , Tian-Yi Wang , Weiqiang Wang

In this paper, we provide a classification of steady solutions to two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations in terms of the set of flow angles. The first main result asserts that the set of flow angles of any bounded steady flow in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-27 Changfeng Gui , Chunjing Xie , Huan Xu

We consider the classical compressible Euler's Equations in three space dimensions with an arbitrary equation of state, and whose initial data corresponds to a constant state outside a sphere. Under suitable restriction on the size of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-05-07 Demetrios Christodoulou , Shuang Miao

We consider self-gravitating fluids in cosmological spacetimes with Gowdy symmetry on the torus $T^3$ and, in this class, we solve the singular initial value problem for the Einstein-Euler system of general relativity, when an initial data…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-12-11 Florian Beyer , Philippe G. LeFloch

In this paper, we study the problem of shock reflection by a wedge, with the potential flow equation, which is a simplification of the Euler System. In the work of M. Feldman and G. Chen, the existence theory of shock reflection problems…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-31 Jingchen Hu

A recent prominent result asserts that steady incompressible Euler flows strictly away from stagnation in a two-dimensional infinitely long strip must be shear flows. On the other hand, flows with stagnation points, very challenging in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Congming Li , Yingshu Lv , Henrik Shahgholian , Chunjing Xie

We consider self-similar potential flow for compressible gas with polytropic pressure law. Self-similar solutions arise as large-time asymptotes of general solutions, and as exact solutions of many important special cases like Mach…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Volker Elling , Tai-Ping Liu

Perfect fluid with kinematic self-similarity is studied in 2+1 dimensional spacetimes with circular symmetry, and various exact solutions to the Einstein field equations are given. In particular, these include all the solutions of dust and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Y. Miguelote , N. A. Tomimura , Anzhong Wang

We are concerned with geometric properties of transonic shocks as free boundaries in two-dimensional self-similar coordinates for compressible fluid flows, which are not only important for the understanding of geometric structure and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-09 Gui-Qiang G. Chen , Mikhail Feldman , Wei Xiang

In the paper, the limit behavior of solutions to the second-grade fluid system with no-slip boundary conditions is studied as both $\nu$ and $\alpha$ tend to zero. More precisely, it is verified that the convergence from second-grade fluid…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Wenhuo Su , Aibin Zang

Following Lortz, we construct a family of smooth steady states of the ideal, incompressible Euler equation in three dimensions that possess no continuous Euclidean symmetry. As in Lortz, they do possess a planar reflection symmetry and, as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Theodore D. Drivas , Tarek M. Elgindi , Daniel Ginsberg