The free boundary of thin viscous flows
The free boundary of thin viscous flows
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稀薄粘性流的自由边界
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1996
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Francisco Bernis
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作者:
Francisco Bernis
We consider the fourth order nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation U t + (u n u xxx ) x = 0 which arises in lubrication models for thin viscous films and spreading droplets as well as in the flow of a thin neck of fluid in a Hele-Shaw cell. Fourth order parabolic equations with a similar type of degeneracy and/or additional lower order terms arise in the theory of phase separation for binary alloys (Cahn-Hilliard equation with degenerate mobility), in some plasticity models and in the study of spatial pattern formation in biological systems. This author has recently proved that if 0 0 and u = 0. Furthermore, the interface is Holder continuous if 1/2 < n < 2 and right-continuous if 0 < n ≤ 1/2. Finally we consider the Cauchy problem and present the recent results on optimal asymptotic rates as t → ∞ for the solution and for the interface when 0 < n < 2; these rates exactly match those of the source-type (fundamental) solutions.