Well-posedness of the free-boundary compressible 3-d euler equations with surface tension and the zero surface tension limit

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3690-3767

  Coutand, Daniel ^a   Hole, Jason ^b   Shkoller, Steve ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressible flow; Euler equations; Free boundary problems; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY REGULARITY; COMPETING NONLINEARITIES; COMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS; FREE-BOUNDARY PROBLEMS; INCOMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR WAVE EQUATION; PARABOLIC REGULARIZATION; VANISHING VISCOSITY;

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EULER EQUATIONS;

EID: 84892619222     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: 10957111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/120888697     Document Type: Article

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