Well-posedness theorems in fluid-structure interaction: perfectly elastic shells

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Main Authors: Breit, Dominic, Mensah, Prince Romeo, Schwarzacher, Sebastian, Su, Pei
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Published: 2026
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author Breit, Dominic
Mensah, Prince Romeo
Schwarzacher, Sebastian
Su, Pei
author_facet Breit, Dominic
Mensah, Prince Romeo
Schwarzacher, Sebastian
Su, Pei
contents In this work, we consider the interaction of a 3D incompressible fluid with a 2D flexible shell that occupies (a part of) the boundary of the fluid domain. We assume that the shell is perfectly elastic while the fluid is governed by the Navier--Stokes equations. Consequently, damping within the coupled system comes entirely from the parabolic fluid subsystem. Our main result is the construction of a local-in-time unique strong solution to the system of PDEs. Standard techniques from the literature do not apply here. They are restricted to visco-elastic structures, where the corresponding solid phase is parabolic. Our construction relies on a different method built upon a new estimate for the acceleration of the system. In the case of a 2D viscous incompressible fluid interacting with a 1D perfectly elastic shell we can extend the local solution globally in time (until a possible self-intersection of the shell).
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spellingShingle Well-posedness theorems in fluid-structure interaction: perfectly elastic shells
Breit, Dominic
Mensah, Prince Romeo
Schwarzacher, Sebastian
Su, Pei
Analysis of PDEs
In this work, we consider the interaction of a 3D incompressible fluid with a 2D flexible shell that occupies (a part of) the boundary of the fluid domain. We assume that the shell is perfectly elastic while the fluid is governed by the Navier--Stokes equations. Consequently, damping within the coupled system comes entirely from the parabolic fluid subsystem. Our main result is the construction of a local-in-time unique strong solution to the system of PDEs. Standard techniques from the literature do not apply here. They are restricted to visco-elastic structures, where the corresponding solid phase is parabolic. Our construction relies on a different method built upon a new estimate for the acceleration of the system. In the case of a 2D viscous incompressible fluid interacting with a 1D perfectly elastic shell we can extend the local solution globally in time (until a possible self-intersection of the shell).
title Well-posedness theorems in fluid-structure interaction: perfectly elastic shells
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14357