We study a diffuse interface model describing the motion of two viscous fluids driven by surface tension in a Hele-Shaw cell. The full system consists of the Cahn–Hilliard equation coupled with the Darcy’s law. We address the physically relevant case in which the two fluids have different viscosities (unmatched viscosities case) and the free energy density is the Flory–Huggins logarithmic potential. In dimension two we prove the uniqueness of weak solutions under a regularity criterion, and the existence and uniqueness of global strong solutions. In dimension three we show the existence and uniqueness of strong solutions, which are local in time for large data or global in time for appropriate small data. These results extend the analysis obtained in the matched viscosities case by Giorgini et al. (Ann Inst Henri Poincaré Anal Non Linéaire 35:318–360, 2018). Furthermore, we prove the uniqueness of weak solutions in dimension two by taking the well-known polynomial approximation of the logarithmic potential.

Well-Posedness of a Diffuse Interface model for Hele-Shaw Flows

Giorgini, Andrea
2020-01-01

Abstract

We study a diffuse interface model describing the motion of two viscous fluids driven by surface tension in a Hele-Shaw cell. The full system consists of the Cahn–Hilliard equation coupled with the Darcy’s law. We address the physically relevant case in which the two fluids have different viscosities (unmatched viscosities case) and the free energy density is the Flory–Huggins logarithmic potential. In dimension two we prove the uniqueness of weak solutions under a regularity criterion, and the existence and uniqueness of global strong solutions. In dimension three we show the existence and uniqueness of strong solutions, which are local in time for large data or global in time for appropriate small data. These results extend the analysis obtained in the matched viscosities case by Giorgini et al. (Ann Inst Henri Poincaré Anal Non Linéaire 35:318–360, 2018). Furthermore, we prove the uniqueness of weak solutions in dimension two by taking the well-known polynomial approximation of the logarithmic potential.
2020
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