Some regularity results for a double time-delayed 2D-Navier-Stokes model (Q2321090)

This paper is concerning a particular 2D-Navier-Stokes model in a bounded domain \(D\) in \(\mathbb{R}^2\), which contains two time-delayed terms: in the external forces and in the convective term. The point is to improve some results given in [the authors, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. 34, No. 10, 4085--4105 (2014; Zbl 1304.35543)]. The new element is an existence theorem for strong solutions and attractors in a higher norm, obtained by using new specific estimates. The main tools are some asymptotic compactness results and an energy method. A special basis formed by normalized eigenfunctions of the Stokes operator is used, in the well known Hilbert space obtained with \(C^{\infty}\) functions with compact support and free divergence in \(D\). The strong solution is given as a limit of approximations obtained by using this basis and an application of the Gronwall lemma. The ``pullback-absorbing'' property is described and used to highlight some aspects concerning the attractors associated with the considered flow model. It is mentioned that the time-delayed terms can be used as an approximation to a 3D Navier-Stokes model when the length of the delay vanishes, and some references are given for this very interesting subject.