Subsonic flows in a multi-dimensional nozzle

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DOI10.1007/S00205-011-0406-2zbMATH Open1452.76200arXiv1101.3685OpenAlexW2036403788MaRDI QIDQ715317FDOQ715317


Authors: Lili Du, Zhouping Xin, Wei Yan Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 November 2012

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we study the global subsonic irrotational flows in a multi-dimensional (ngeq2) infinitely long nozzle with variable cross sections. The flow is described by the inviscid potential equation, which is a second order quasilinear elliptic equation when the flow is subsonic. First, we prove the existence of the global uniformly subsonic flow in a general infinitely long nozzle for arbitrary dimension for sufficiently small incoming mass flux and obtain the uniqueness of the global uniformly subsonic flow. Furthermore, we show that there exists a critical value of the incoming mass flux such that a global uniformly subsonic flow exists uniquely, provided that the incoming mass flux is less than the critical value. This gives a positive answer to the problem of Bers on global subsonic irrotational flows in infinitely long nozzles for arbitrary dimension. Finally, under suitable asymptotic assumptions of the nozzle, we obtain the asymptotic behavior of the subsonic flow in far fields by a blow-up argument. The main ingredients of our analysis are methods of calculus of variations, the Moser iteration techniques for the potential equation and a blow-up argument for infinitely long nozzles.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.3685




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