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We investigate the blowup criterion of the barotropic compressible viscous fluids for the Cauchy problem, Dirichlet problem and Navier-slip boundary condition. The main novelty of this paper is two-fold: First, for the Cauchy problem and…
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Turbulence problem is often considered as "the last unsolved problem of classical physics". It is due to strong interaction between velocity and/or velocity gradient fluctuations, a high Reynolds number flow is a fascinating mixture of…
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We explore Young measure solutions of systems of conservation laws through an alternative variational method that introduces a suitable, non-negative error functional to measure departure of feasible fields from being a weak solution. Young…
The Ebin-Marsden theory is a powerful geometric framework for many PDEs from fluid dynamics. In this paper we provide a toolbox to apply the Ebin-Marsden approach to stochastic PDEs, combining tools from infinite-dimensional geometry and…
Turbulent channel flow of drag-reducing polymer solutions is simulated in minimal flow geometries. Even in the Newtonian limit, we find intervals of "hibernating" turbulence that display many features of the universal maximum drag reduction…
We consider the complete Euler system describing the time evolution of a general inviscid compressible fluid. We introduce a new concept of measure-valued solution based on the total energy balance and entropy inequality for the physical…
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