Preprint 2005-029

Helically Symmetric Solutions to the 3-D Navier-Stokes Equations for Compressible Isentropic Fluids

Abstract: We prove the existence of global weak solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible isentropic fluids for any $\gamma >1$ when the Cauchy data are helically symmetric, where the constant $\gamma$ is the specific heat ratio. Moreover, a new integrability estimate of the density in any neighborhood of the symmetry axis (the singularity axis) is obtained.

Paper:

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Author(s):

Wenjun Sun, <sun_wenjun@iacpm.ac.cn>

Song Jiang, <jiang@iapcm.ac.cn>

Zhenhua Guo <guo_zhenhua@iapcm.ac.cn>

Publishing information:

To appear in JDE

Comments:

Submitted by:

<jiang@iapcm.ac.cn> June 15 2005.