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Main Authors: Chen, Yubo, Wang, Wendong, Wei, Juncheng, Yang, Guoxu
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01823
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author Chen, Yubo
Wang, Wendong
Wei, Juncheng
Yang, Guoxu
author_facet Chen, Yubo
Wang, Wendong
Wei, Juncheng
Yang, Guoxu
contents As is well known, for the harmonic heat flow or liquid crystal flow in two-dimension, the solution may blow up when the initial energy is greater than $8π$. Motivated by Lai--Lin--Wang--Wei--Zhou (CPAM, 2022), where singular solutions were constructed in the presence of small-scale velocity fields, it is natural to ask whether large-scale velocities may play a stabilizing role, preventing the concentration of blow-up. Here we show that the blow-up phenomenon can be suppressed by a Couette flow whose amplitude is large enough under a weak assumption on the anisotropic norm of the initial data. In particular, we construct examples with initial energy exceeding $8π$ that satisfy our assumptions.
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spellingShingle Blow-up suppression for the nematic liquid crystal flow via Couette flow on $\mathbb{R}^2$
Chen, Yubo
Wang, Wendong
Wei, Juncheng
Yang, Guoxu
Analysis of PDEs
As is well known, for the harmonic heat flow or liquid crystal flow in two-dimension, the solution may blow up when the initial energy is greater than $8π$. Motivated by Lai--Lin--Wang--Wei--Zhou (CPAM, 2022), where singular solutions were constructed in the presence of small-scale velocity fields, it is natural to ask whether large-scale velocities may play a stabilizing role, preventing the concentration of blow-up. Here we show that the blow-up phenomenon can be suppressed by a Couette flow whose amplitude is large enough under a weak assumption on the anisotropic norm of the initial data. In particular, we construct examples with initial energy exceeding $8π$ that satisfy our assumptions.
title Blow-up suppression for the nematic liquid crystal flow via Couette flow on $\mathbb{R}^2$
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01823