The initial value problem for viscous incompressible flow down an inclined plane (Q580083)

The author investigates the motion of viscous incompressible fluid down an inclined plane. The fluid is bounded from above by a free surface. The main result proves the (time-) local existence of a solution of the Lagrangian formulation of the problem, given by the following equations \[ \eta (x,t)=x+\int^{t}_{0}v(x,\tau)d\tau, \] \[ \partial_ tv_ i-\gamma \xi_{kj}\partial_ k(\xi_{lj}\partial_ lv_ i)+\xi_{ki}\partial_ kp=g_ i,\quad i=1,2,3, \] \[ \xi_{kj}\partial_ kv_ j=0\quad on\quad \Omega \times (0,T), \] \[ pN_ i-\nu (\xi_{kj}\partial_ kv_ i+\xi_{ki}\partial_ kv_ j)N_ j=p_ 0N_ i,\quad i=1,2,3\quad on\quad S_ F\times (0,T), \] v\(=0\) on \(S_ B\times (0,T)\), \(v(x,0)=v_ 0(x)\) in \(\Omega\), where \(\xi_{ij}\) are the entries of the matrix \((D\eta)^{-1}=(\partial_ j\eta_ i)^{-1}\) and the meaning of other symbols is evident. The main theorem is proved using the contraction mapping principle with help of estimates of the corresponding linearized problem.