New dissipated energy for the unstable thin film equation

DOI10.3934/CPAA.2011.10.613zbMATH Open1252.35154arXiv1002.3741OpenAlexW2332298744MaRDI QIDQ651986FDOQ651986

Roman M. Taranets, Marina Chugunova

Publication date: 19 December 2011

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The fluid thin film equation $h_t=-(h^n{h}_{xxx}{)}_x-a_1,(h^m{h}_x{)}_x$ is known to conserve mass $int,h,dx$, and in the case of $a_{1}leq0$, to dissipate entropy $int,h^{3/2-n},dx$ (see [8]) and the $L^2$-norm of the gradient $int,h_x^2,dx$ (see [3]). For the special case of $a_1=0$ a new dissipated quantity $int,h^{alpha},h_x^2,dx$ was recently discovered for positive classical solutions by Laugesen (see [15]). We extend it in two ways. First, we prove that Laugesen's functional dissipates strong nonnegative generalized solutions. Second, we prove the full $alpha$-energy $$ dissipation for strong nonnegative generalized solutions in the case of the unstable porous media perturbation $a_1>0$ and the critical exponent $m=n+2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3741

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zbMATH Keywords

energyentropythin liquid filmsfourth-order degenerate parabolic equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Initial-boundary value problems for higher-order parabolic equations (35K35) Nonlinear parabolic equations (35K55) Lubrication theory (76D08)

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