Regularity Criteria for a Coupled Navier-Stokes and Q-Tensor System
Author(s) -
Jishan Fan,
Tohru Ozawa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2314-4998
pISSN - 2314-498X
DOI - 10.1155/2013/718173
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , tensor (intrinsic definition) , mathematics , flow (mathematics) , navier–stokes equations , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics , physics , mechanics , geometry , condensed matter physics , compressibility
We study a system describing the evolution of a nematic liquid crystal flow. The system couples a forced Navier-Stokes system describing the flow with a parabolic-type system describing the evolution of the nematic crystal director fields (Q-tensors). We prove some regularity criteria for the local strong solutions. However, we do not provide estimates on the rates of increase of high norms
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