Generalized Stokes system in Orlicz spaces (Q423861)

The paper concerns the generalized Stokes system with the nonlinear term having growth conditions prescribed by an \(\mathcal{N}\)-function. The main interest of the authors is directed to relaxing the assumptions on the \(\mathcal{N}\)-function and in particular to capture the shear thinning fluids with rheology close to linear. The case of anisotropic functions is considered. The existence of weak solutions is the main result of the present paper. Additionally, for the purpose of the existence proof, a version of the Sobolev-Korn inequality in Orlicz spaces is proved.