On a Thermodynamically Consistent Diffuse-Interface Model for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows with Chemotaxis and Mass Transport

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Hauptverfasser: Giorgini, Andrea, He, Jingning, Wu, Hao
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author Giorgini, Andrea
He, Jingning
Wu, Hao
author_facet Giorgini, Andrea
He, Jingning
Wu, Hao
contents We investigate a hydrodynamic system of Navier--Stokes/Cahn--Hilliard type, which describes the motion of a two-phase flow of two incompressible fluids with unmatched densities coupled with a soluble chemical species. Derived from Onsager's variational principle, this thermodynamically consistent diffuse-interface model incorporates both the chemotaxis effects induced by the chemical species and the mass transport processes within the mixture. For the two-dimensional initial-boundary value problem, we establish the existence of global finite energy solutions and global weak solutions, using a suitable approximation scheme combined with compactness methods. Next, by carefully analyzing three decoupled subsystems and employing a bootstrap argument, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a global strong solution for sufficiently regular initial data, as well as the propagation of regularity for global weak solutions. In particular, we show that the density of the chemical substance stays bounded for all time if its initial datum is bounded. This implies a significant distinction from the classical Keller--Segel system: diffusion driven by the chemical potential gradient can prevent the formation of concentration singularities.
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spellingShingle On a Thermodynamically Consistent Diffuse-Interface Model for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows with Chemotaxis and Mass Transport
Giorgini, Andrea
He, Jingning
Wu, Hao
Analysis of PDEs
We investigate a hydrodynamic system of Navier--Stokes/Cahn--Hilliard type, which describes the motion of a two-phase flow of two incompressible fluids with unmatched densities coupled with a soluble chemical species. Derived from Onsager's variational principle, this thermodynamically consistent diffuse-interface model incorporates both the chemotaxis effects induced by the chemical species and the mass transport processes within the mixture. For the two-dimensional initial-boundary value problem, we establish the existence of global finite energy solutions and global weak solutions, using a suitable approximation scheme combined with compactness methods. Next, by carefully analyzing three decoupled subsystems and employing a bootstrap argument, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a global strong solution for sufficiently regular initial data, as well as the propagation of regularity for global weak solutions. In particular, we show that the density of the chemical substance stays bounded for all time if its initial datum is bounded. This implies a significant distinction from the classical Keller--Segel system: diffusion driven by the chemical potential gradient can prevent the formation of concentration singularities.
title On a Thermodynamically Consistent Diffuse-Interface Model for Incompressible Two-Phase Flows with Chemotaxis and Mass Transport
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.22585