Solvability in weighted spaces of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes problem in domains with cylindrical outlets to infinity (Q2469344)

This paper investigates the full three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in domains with cylindrical outlets to infinity. It is an extension of a work carried out by the author for the linearized unsteady Stokes systems [Math. Ann. 332, No. 2, 395--419 (2005; Zbl 1096.35106)]. In the current study, the initial-boundary value problem for the Navier-Stokes system is examined with prescribed velocity vector fluxes over cross sections of disconnected components of the domain and a total zero flux for all time \(t\in[O, T]\). A special representation is assumed for the initial velocity and the external force. Under these conditions the unique solvability of the problem is demonstrated under natural compatibility conditions, which is valid either for a small time interval or for small data. The paper is divided into eight sections. An introduction is given in Section 1, while functional spaces utilized in the work are defined in Section 2. Reduction of the given problem to one with zero fluxes is given in Section 3. The linear problem and estimates of the nonlinear terms are undertaken in Section 4 and 5, respectively. The solvability of a related problem is demonstrated in Section 6 and this leads to the uniqueness of solution to the original problem. As a special case of this result is the uniqueness of the time-dependent Poiseuille flow in a straight tube. Section 8 discusses the weak Hopf solution for the problem in Section 6. This is a readable paper with some interesting results.