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Existence and stability of weak solutions for a degenerate parabolic system modelling two-phase flows in porous media

Joachim Escher () 1, Philippe Laurencot () 2, Bogdan-Vasile Matioc () 1

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré Analyse non linéaire 28 (2011) 583-598

Abstract: We prove global existence of nonnegative weak solutions to a degenerate parabolic system which models the interaction of two thin fluid films in a porous medium. Furthermore, we show that these weak solutions converge at an exponential rate towards flat equilibria.

  • 1:  Institute for Applied Mathematics (IFAM)
  • Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • 2:  Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (IMT)
  • Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III – Université Toulouse le Mirail - Toulouse II – Université des Sciences Sociales - Toulouse I – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA) - Toulouse – CNRS : UMR5219
  • Domain : Mathematics/Analysis of PDEs
  • Keywords : degenerate parabolic system – weak solutions – exponential stability – thin film – Liapunov functional
 
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  • Updated on: Friday, 28 October 2011 08:56:41