An existence theorem for compressible viscous fluids (Q1080732)

Existence and uniqueness of compressible viscous fluid motions have been studied by several researchers, and no global result is known for the initial-boundary value problem in dimension greater than one. The author presents an existence theorem (local in time) for some initial-boundary value problems which are physically reasonable. The governing equations are written in general form, and the solution is found in Sobolev spaces of Hilbert type, using the method of successive approximation. The basic estimates are obtained by using some well-known theorems of \textit{J.-L. Lions} and \textit{E. Magenes} [Problèmes aux limites non homogènes et applications, Vol. 1, 2 (1968; Zbl 0165.108)] and it is shown that the result is strictly related to the general theory of parabolic equations.