Statistical solutions to the barotropic Navier-Stokes system (Q2202301)

In this article, the authors apply the concept of statistical solutions to the analysis of the barotropic Navier-Stokes system with inhomogeneous boundary conditions. The motion of a compressible viscous fluid contained in a bounded domain \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d\), \(d=2,3\) is described by the mass density \(\rho(x,t)\) and the velocity \(u(x,t)\), \(x\in\Omega\), \(t>0\). \(\rho\) and \(u\) satisfy to the equations \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}+\mbox{div}\,(\rho u)=0, \vphantom{\begin{array}{c}I\\I\end{array}}\\ \frac{\partial}{\partial t}(\rho u)+\mbox{div}\,(\rho u\otimes u)-\mbox{div}\,\mathbb{S}(u)+\nabla p(\rho)=\rho g, \vphantom{\begin{array}{c}I\\I\end{array}}\\ u=u_B,\quad \rho=\rho_B \quad \mbox{on}\ \partial\Omega, \vphantom{\begin{array}{c}I\\I\end{array}}\\ \rho(x,0)=\rho_0,\quad (\rho u)(x,0)=m_0. \end{array} \] Here \(g,u_B,\rho_B,\rho_0,m_0\) are given functions, the pressure \(p(\rho)\) is a certain power function, \(\mathbb{S}(u)\) is the viscous stress tensor \[ \mathbb{S}(u)= \mu\left(\nabla u +(\nabla u)^T-\frac{2}{d}\,\mbox{div}\,u\,\mathbb{I}\right)+\lambda\,\mbox{div}\,u\,\mathbb{I},\quad \mu>0,\ \lambda>0. \] A statistical solution of the problem is defined as a time depended family of Markov operators on the set of probability measures related to the data of the problem. The paper proves the existence of a statistical solution to the problem and discusses its relation to the weak solution.