Blow-up criterion for 2-D Boussinesq equations in bounded domain

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  • Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;

Published date: 05 Dec 2007

Abstract

We extend the results for 2-D Boussinesq equations from R2 to a bounded domain Ω . First, as for the existence of weak solutions, we transform Boussinesq equations to a nonlinear evolution equation Ut + A(t, U) = 0. In stead of using the methods of fundamental solutions in the case of entire R2, we study the qualities of F(u, v) = (u · ∇) v to get some useful estimates for A (t,U), which helps us to conclude the local-in-time existence and uniqueness of solutions. Second, as for blow-up criterions, we use energy methods, Sobolev inequalities and Gronwall inequality to control θ Hs(Ω ) and u Hs(Ω ) by ∇θ L∞(Ω ) and ∇u L∞(Ω ). Furthermore, ∇θ L∞(Ω ) can control ∇u L∞(Ω ) by using vorticity transportation equations. At last, ∇θ (Ω ) can control ∇θ L∞(Ω ). Thus, we can ?nd a blowup criterion in the form of limtT*t0 ∇θ(·,τ) (Ω )dτ =∞.

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HU Langhua, JIAN Huaiyu . Blow-up criterion for 2-D Boussinesq equations in bounded domain[J]. Frontiers of Mathematics in China, 2007 , 2(4) : 559 -581 . DOI: 10.1007/s11464-007-0034-1

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