A RANS 3D model with unbounded eddy viscosities (Q2466257)

The 3-dimensional Raynolds averaged Navier-Stokes model of order one is considered. This model couples the Stokes problem to the equation for the turbulent kinetic energy by \(k\)-dependent eddy viscosities in both equations and a quadratic term in the \(k\)-equation. The velocity and the pressure satisfy periodic boundary conditions and the turbulent kinetic energy is defined on a cell with Dirichlet boundary conditions. The result of this paper is the proof of the existence of a weak solution for the described system, when the eddy viscosities are nondecreasing, unbounded, \(C^2\) functions with respect to \(k\) and the eddy viscosity in the fluid equation is a concave function.