Analysis of a dilute polymer model with a time-fractional derivative

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Main Authors: Fritz, Marvin, Süli, Endre, Wohlmuth, Barbara
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author Fritz, Marvin
Süli, Endre
Wohlmuth, Barbara
author_facet Fritz, Marvin
Süli, Endre
Wohlmuth, Barbara
contents We investigate the well-posedness of a coupled Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck system with a time-fractional derivative. Such systems arise in the kinetic theory of dilute solutions of polymeric liquids, where the motion of noninteracting polymer chains in a Newtonian solvent is modelled by a stochastic process exhibiting power-law waiting time, in order to capture subdiffusive processes associated with non-Fickian diffusion. We outline the derivation of the model from a subordinated Langevin equation. The elastic properties of the polymer molecules immersed in the solvent are modelled by a finitely extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE) dumbbell model, and the drag term in the Fokker--Planck equation is assumed to be corotational. We prove the global-in-time existence of large-data weak solutions to this time-fractional model of order $α\in (\tfrac12,1)$, and derive an energy inequality satisfied by weak solutions.
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spellingShingle Analysis of a dilute polymer model with a time-fractional derivative
Fritz, Marvin
Süli, Endre
Wohlmuth, Barbara
Analysis of PDEs
35Q30, 35Q84, 35R11, 60G22, 82C31, 82D60
We investigate the well-posedness of a coupled Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck system with a time-fractional derivative. Such systems arise in the kinetic theory of dilute solutions of polymeric liquids, where the motion of noninteracting polymer chains in a Newtonian solvent is modelled by a stochastic process exhibiting power-law waiting time, in order to capture subdiffusive processes associated with non-Fickian diffusion. We outline the derivation of the model from a subordinated Langevin equation. The elastic properties of the polymer molecules immersed in the solvent are modelled by a finitely extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE) dumbbell model, and the drag term in the Fokker--Planck equation is assumed to be corotational. We prove the global-in-time existence of large-data weak solutions to this time-fractional model of order $α\in (\tfrac12,1)$, and derive an energy inequality satisfied by weak solutions.
title Analysis of a dilute polymer model with a time-fractional derivative
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q30, 35Q84, 35R11, 60G22, 82C31, 82D60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16606