An integral equation justification of the boundary conditions of the driven-cavity problem (Q1309620)

The driven-cavity problem, a renowned bench-mark problem of computational, incompressible fluid dynamics, is physically unrealistic insofar as the inherent boundary singularities (where the moving lid meets the stationary walls) imply the necessity of an infinite force to drive the flow: this follows from G. I. Taylor's analysis of the so- called scraper problem [\textit{G. I. Taylor} in \textit{M. Schäfer} (ed.), Miszellaneen der Angewandten Mechanik, 313-315 (1962; Zbl 0105.383)]. Using a boundary integral equation formulation and employing a suitable Green's function, we investigate herein, in the Stokes approximation, the effect of introducing small ``leaks'' to replace the singularities, thus rendering the problem physically realizable.