Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volume 12 (2014)

Number 8

Decay estimates of the non-isentropic compressible fluid models of Korteweg type in $R^3$

Pages: 1437 – 1456

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/CMS.2014.v12.n8.a4

Authors

Xu Zhang (School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, Fujian, China)

Zhong Tan (School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, Fujian, China)

Abstract

The existence and optimal convergence rates of global-in-time classical solutions to the Cauchy problem for the compressible non-isotropic Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system for small initial perturbation is obtained. The global solution is obtained by combining the local existence and the a priori estimates provided the initial perturbation around a constant state is small enough. The optimal convergence rates are obtained by energy estimates and interpolation inequalities, and without linear decay analysis.

Keywords

Navier-Stokes equations, Korteweg, optimal decay rates, energy method, Sobolev interpolation

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

Primary 35Q30, 76N10. Secondary 76D05.

Published 14 May 2014