Second-gradient models for incompressible viscous fluids and associated cylindrical flows

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Main Authors: Balitactac, C., Rodriguez, C.
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author Balitactac, C.
Rodriguez, C.
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Rodriguez, C.
contents We introduce second-gradient models for incompressible viscous fluids, building on the framework introduced by Fried and Gurtin. We propose a new and simple constitutive relation for the hyperpressure to ensure that the models are both physically meaningful and mathematically well-posed. The framework is further extended to incorporate pressure-dependent viscosities. We show that for the pressure-dependent viscosity model, the inclusion of second-gradient effects guarantees the ellipticity of the governing pressure equation, in contrast to previous models rooted in classical continuum mechanics. The constant viscosity model is applied to steady cylindrical flows, where explicit solutions are derived under both strong and weak adherence boundary conditions. In each case, we establish convergence of the velocity profiles to the classical Navier-Stokes solutions as the model's characteristic length scales tend to zero.
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spellingShingle Second-gradient models for incompressible viscous fluids and associated cylindrical flows
Balitactac, C.
Rodriguez, C.
Analysis of PDEs
Materials Science
Mathematical Physics
We introduce second-gradient models for incompressible viscous fluids, building on the framework introduced by Fried and Gurtin. We propose a new and simple constitutive relation for the hyperpressure to ensure that the models are both physically meaningful and mathematically well-posed. The framework is further extended to incorporate pressure-dependent viscosities. We show that for the pressure-dependent viscosity model, the inclusion of second-gradient effects guarantees the ellipticity of the governing pressure equation, in contrast to previous models rooted in classical continuum mechanics. The constant viscosity model is applied to steady cylindrical flows, where explicit solutions are derived under both strong and weak adherence boundary conditions. In each case, we establish convergence of the velocity profiles to the classical Navier-Stokes solutions as the model's characteristic length scales tend to zero.
title Second-gradient models for incompressible viscous fluids and associated cylindrical flows
topic Analysis of PDEs
Materials Science
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07617