Classical solution of Verigin problem with surface tension (Q1364970)

We consider ``pushing oil by water around it'' and assume that the displacement of water and oil is piston-like. The displacement is called piston-like, that means during the process of displacement porous media always can be divided in two parts: one of them contains oil only and the other contains no oil but water. We neglect the gravity and consider a two-dimensional ``horizontal'' field \(\widetilde \Omega\in \mathbb{R}^2\), from which the oil is produced through the well \(D\) in \(\widetilde \Omega\). Let \(\Omega_1 (t)\), \(\Omega_2(t)\) be the water field and the oil field respectively, \(\Gamma_t\) be the interface of two fluids, \( \Omega= \Omega_1(t) \cup\Gamma_t \cup\Omega_2(t) \equiv \widetilde \Omega- \overline D\). When the porous medium is compressible, Verigin put forth the mathematical model of this kind of problem in 1957 as Muskat problem. In fact, from the law of conservation of mass and Darcy's law it follows that \[ \begin{aligned} {\partial p_i\over \partial t} -\nabla \cdot \left({k\over \mu_i} \nabla p_i \right) =0 \quad & \text{in } Q_i\equiv \bigcup_{t>0} \bigl(\Omega_i(t) \times \{t\} \bigr)\quad (i=1, 2), \tag{1} \\ p_1-p_2 =\sigma K \quad & \text{on } \Gamma \equiv \bigcup_{t>0} \Gamma_t \times \{t\} \tag{2} \\ -{k\over \mu_1} {\partial p_1 \over \partial n_t}= -{k\over \mu_2} {\partial p_2 \over \partial n_t} =\varphi V_n \quad & \text{on } \Gamma, \tag{3} \end{aligned} \] where \(\Omega_1 (t)\), \(\Omega_2(t)\) are regions of water and oil, respectively, \(\Gamma_t\) is a free boundary between \(\Omega_1(t)\) and \(\Omega_2(t)\). Let \(\Omega= \Omega_1(t) \cup \Gamma_t \cup \Omega_2(t)\) be a bounded annular domain in \(\mathbb{R}^2\), \(\Omega_2(t)\) is inside. \(n_t\) is a normal of \(\Gamma_t\), pointing inside \(\Omega_2(t)\), \(p_1\) and \(p_2\) are pressures of water and oil, respectively, \(\mu_1\) and \(\mu_2\) are viscosities of water and oil, respectively, \(k\) is the permeability, \(\varphi\) is the porosity, \(V_n\) is the normal velocity of \(\Gamma_t\), \(\sigma\) is the surface tension, and \(K\) is the mean curvature. This paper is devoted to the study of the problem (1), (2), and (3).