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Main Authors: Guo, Yan, Yang, Zhuolun
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17059
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author Guo, Yan
Yang, Zhuolun
author_facet Guo, Yan
Yang, Zhuolun
contents We study the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in a channel $Ω=(0,L)\times(0,H)$ with small viscosity $\varepsilon\ll1$, an $\varepsilon$-Navier slip condition on the horizontal walls, and a viscous inflow condition for the perturbation stream function. For a broad class of symmetric base profiles $u_0(y)$ vanishing on the walls, we construct an exact steady solution $(u_s,v_s)$ that is $O(\varepsilon^{1/3})$-close to the shear $(u_0,0)$. We then develop a new weighted vorticity energy method to prove uniform linear stability and exponential decay: perturbations decay exponentially in a weighted $L^2$ norm on the time scale $O(\varepsilon^{-1/3})$. In the short-channel regime $L\ll1$, the method yields nonlinear asymptotic stability with threshold $O(\varepsilon^{2/3})$. In the long-channel regime, assuming concavity together with a spectral condition, we introduce a quantity \textit{Rayleigh vorticity} to control the non-favorable terms and obtain nonlinear stability with threshold $O(\varepsilon^{5/6+})$.
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spellingShingle Asymptotic stability of symmetric flows with viscous inflow boundary condition
Guo, Yan
Yang, Zhuolun
Analysis of PDEs
35Q30, 76E05
We study the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in a channel $Ω=(0,L)\times(0,H)$ with small viscosity $\varepsilon\ll1$, an $\varepsilon$-Navier slip condition on the horizontal walls, and a viscous inflow condition for the perturbation stream function. For a broad class of symmetric base profiles $u_0(y)$ vanishing on the walls, we construct an exact steady solution $(u_s,v_s)$ that is $O(\varepsilon^{1/3})$-close to the shear $(u_0,0)$. We then develop a new weighted vorticity energy method to prove uniform linear stability and exponential decay: perturbations decay exponentially in a weighted $L^2$ norm on the time scale $O(\varepsilon^{-1/3})$. In the short-channel regime $L\ll1$, the method yields nonlinear asymptotic stability with threshold $O(\varepsilon^{2/3})$. In the long-channel regime, assuming concavity together with a spectral condition, we introduce a quantity \textit{Rayleigh vorticity} to control the non-favorable terms and obtain nonlinear stability with threshold $O(\varepsilon^{5/6+})$.
title Asymptotic stability of symmetric flows with viscous inflow boundary condition
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q30, 76E05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17059