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MiS Preprint
12/2009

Nonstationary Stokes System with Variable Viscosity in Bounded and Unbounded Domains

Helmut Abels

Abstract

We consider a generalization of the nonstationary Stokes system, where the constant viscosity is replaced by a general given positive function. Such a system arises in many situations as linearized system, when the viscosity of an incompressible, viscous fluid depends on some other quantities.

We prove unique solvability of the nonstationary system with optimal regularity in $L^q$-Sobolev spaces, in particular for an exterior force $f\in L^q(Q_T)$. Moreover, we characterize the domains of fractional powers of some associated Stokes operators $A_q$ and obtain a corresponding result for $f\in L^q(0,T;\mathcal{D}(A_q^\alpha))$.

The result holds for a general class of domains including bounded domain, exterior domains, aperture domains, infinite cylinder and asymptotically flat layer with $W^{2-\frac1r}_r$-boundary for some $r>d$ with $r\geq \max(q,q')$.

Received:
Feb 27, 2009
Published:
Mar 5, 2009
MSC Codes:
35Q30, 76D07, 47F05
Keywords:
Stokes equation, Stokes operator, unbounded domains, maximal regularity, domains of fractional powers

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Nonstationary Stokes system with variable viscosity in bounded and unbounded domains

In: Discrete and continuous dynamical systems / S, 3 (2010) 2, pp. 141-157