A small parameter technique is used to derive Reynolds' lubrication equation from the Stokes equation. The error associated with the approximation is estimated in suitable norms.

We show that L3,∞-solutions to the three-dimensional NavierStokes equations near a flat part of the boundary are smooth. 1991 Mathematical subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): 35K, 76D.

We prove the global existence of weak solutions for the 2-D compressible Navier-Stokes equations with a density-dependent viscosity coefficient (λ = λ(ρ)). Initial data and solutions are small in energy-norm with nonnegative densities having arbitrarily large sup-norm. Then, we show that if there is a vacuum domain at the initial time, then the vacuum domain will retain for all time, and vanish...

In this work, the PGD method will be considered for solving some problems of fluid mechanics by looking for the solution as a sum of tensor product functions. In the first stage, the equations of Stokes and Burgers will be solved. Then, we will solve the Navier–Stokes problem in the case of the lid-driven cavity for different Reynolds numbers (Re = 100, 1000 and 10,000). Finally, the PGD method...

In this article, a non linear family of spaces, based on the energy dissipation, is introduced. This family bridges an energy space (containing weak solutions to Navier-Stokes equation) to a critical space (invariant through the canonical scaling of the Navier-Stokes equation). This family is used to get uniform estimates on higher derivatives to solutions to the 3D Navier-Stokes equations. Tho...

For the 3D Navier–Stokes problem on the whole space, we study existence, regularity and stability of time-periodic solutions in Lebesgue, Lorentz or Sobolev spaces, when the periodic forcing belongs to critical classes of forces.

Estimates for the three α-models known as the LANS-α, Leray-α and Bardina models are found in terms a Reynolds number associated with a Navier-Stokes velocity field. They are tabulated for comparative purposes and show clearly that all estimates for the Leray-α model are smaller than those for the LANS-α and Bardina models.

We consider the open problem of regularity for L3,∞-solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations. We show that the problem can be reduced to a backward uniqueness problem for the heat operator with lower order terms. 1991 Mathematical subject classification (Amer. Math. Soc.): 35K, 76D.

In this paper we prove the nonexistence of global weak solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations for the isentropic gas in R N , N ≥ 3, where the pressure law given by p(ρ) = aρ γ , a > 0, 1 < γ ≤

We study spatial analyticity properties of solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation and obtain new growth rate estimates for the analyticity radius. We also study stability properties of strong global solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation with data in H, r ≥ 1/2 and prove a stability result for the analyticity radius.