A nonlocal curve evolution for an immersed elastic filament: global existence and convergence to resistive force theory
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| contents | We consider a nonlocal curve evolution belonging to a hierarchy of models for the dynamics of an inextensible elastic filament in a 3D Stokes fluid. This model captures the principal part of a full free boundary problem for an elastic filament in Stokes flow. The fluid effects on the filament evolution are encoded in a pseudodifferential force-to-velocity operator which may be regarded as an interpolation between resistive force theory at low wavenumbers and a Stokes boundary value problem at high wavenumbers. Here the curve is considered to be the centerline of a 3D filament with constant cross sectional radius $ε>0$. We show global well-posedness for the curve evolution in the natural energy space. This loosely suggests that the full evolution may be globally well-posed if the large-scale geometry is controlled. Furthermore, we prove convergence to resistive force theory dynamics as $ε\to 0$, which illustrates how resistive force theory emerges from more detailed models. |
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| spellingShingle | A nonlocal curve evolution for an immersed elastic filament: global existence and convergence to resistive force theory Ohm, Laurel Analysis of PDEs Fluid Dynamics We consider a nonlocal curve evolution belonging to a hierarchy of models for the dynamics of an inextensible elastic filament in a 3D Stokes fluid. This model captures the principal part of a full free boundary problem for an elastic filament in Stokes flow. The fluid effects on the filament evolution are encoded in a pseudodifferential force-to-velocity operator which may be regarded as an interpolation between resistive force theory at low wavenumbers and a Stokes boundary value problem at high wavenumbers. Here the curve is considered to be the centerline of a 3D filament with constant cross sectional radius $ε>0$. We show global well-posedness for the curve evolution in the natural energy space. This loosely suggests that the full evolution may be globally well-posed if the large-scale geometry is controlled. Furthermore, we prove convergence to resistive force theory dynamics as $ε\to 0$, which illustrates how resistive force theory emerges from more detailed models. |
| title | A nonlocal curve evolution for an immersed elastic filament: global existence and convergence to resistive force theory |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.09496 |