Global smooth solutions of viscous compressible real flows with density-dependent viscosity (Q998919)

Summary: We consider an initial-boundary value problem for viscous compressible heat-conducting real fluids with density-dependent viscosity. More precisely, we assume that the viscosity \(\mu(\rho)=\rho^{\lambda}\), where \(\rho\) is the density of flows and \(\lambda\) is a positive constant. The equations of state for real flows depend nonlinearly upon the temperature and density, unlike the linear dependence for perfect flows. We prove the global existence (uniqueness) of smooth solutions under the hypotheses: \(\lambda \in(2(\gamma-1),\frac 12]\) and \(1\leq \gamma <\frac 5 4 \), which improves a previous result [\textit{S. Jiang}, Math. Nachr. 190, 169--183 (1998; Zbl 0927.35014)]. In particular, we also show that no vacuum will be developed provided the initial density is far away from vacuum.