Strong solutions to non-stationary channel flows of heat-conducting viscous incompressible fluids with dissipative heating (Q652299)

The non-stationary flow of a heat-conducting viscous incompressible fluid is studied in a two-dimensional bounded channel-like domain \(\Omega\). The boundary \(\Gamma\) of \(\Omega\) consists of two parts \(\Gamma_1\) and \(\Gamma_2\). \(\Gamma_1\) denotes a rigid ``lateral'' surface, \(\Gamma_2\) represents an open part of the channel. The one-dimensional measure of \(\Gamma_1\cap\Gamma_2\) is zero and the angle between \(\Gamma_1\) and \(\Gamma_2\) is right. The flow is governed by the equations \[ \begin{cases} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}+(u\cdot\nabla)u-\Delta u+\nabla p=f(1-\theta), \quad\text{div}\,u=0, &x\in\Omega,\;t\in(0,T),\\ \frac{\partial \theta}{\partial t}+u\cdot\nabla \theta-\Delta\theta-e(u):e(u)=\theta f\cdot u+h, &x\in\Omega,\;t\in(0,T),\\ u=0,\;\theta=g, &x\in\Gamma_1,\;t\in(0,T),\\ -pn+\frac{\partial u}{\partial n}=0,\;\frac{\partial\theta}{\partial n}=0, &x\in\Gamma_2,\;t\in(0,T),\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x),\quad \theta(x,0)=\theta_0(x), &x\in\Omega.\end{cases} \] Here \(u\) is the velocity of the fluid, \(p\) is the pressure, \(\theta\) is the temperature, \(e(u)\) denotes the symmetric part of the velocity gradient. \(f\), \(h\), \(g\), \(u_0\), \(\theta_0\) are given functions, \(n\) is the unit normal to \(\Gamma_2\). \(f\) is the body force and \(h\) is a heat source term. The local existence and global uniqueness of the strong solution to the problem are proved in the paper.