Existence of global weak solutions to Fokker-Planck and Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck equations in kinetic models of dilute polymers

DOI10.3934/dcdss.2010.3.371zbMath1220.35178OpenAlexW2021313301MaRDI QIDQ2430098

John W. Barrett, Endre Süli

Publication date: 5 April 2011

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series S (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdss.2010.3.371

zbMATH Keywords

Fokker-Planck equationNavier-Stokes equationexistence of weak solutionskinetic theorydilute polymer

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Existence, uniqueness, and regularity theory for incompressible viscous fluids (76D03) Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84)

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