Special Session 15: On the dynamics of hyperbolic partial differential equations: theory and applications

A phase separation model for binary fluids with hereditary viscosity

Maurizio Grasselli
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
Co-Author(s):    Andrea Poiatti
Abstract:
We consider a diffuse interface model for an incompressible binary viscoelastic fluid flow. The model consists of the Navier-Stokes-Voigt equations where the instantaneous kinematic viscosity has been replaced by a memory term incorporating hereditary effects. These equations are coupled with the Cahn-Hilliard equation with Flory-Huggins type potential. The resulting system is subject to no-slip condition for the (volume averaged) fluid velocity and no-flux boundary conditions for the order parameter as well as for the chemical potential. The presence of a memory term entails hyperbolic features (i.e. the fluid velocity does not regularize in finite time). The corresponding initial and boundary value problem is well posed. Moreover, by adding an Eckman-type damping, we show that it defines a dissipative dynamical system in a suitable phase space, i.e., there is a bounded absorbing set. Then, we discuss the existence of global and exponential attractors.