B. Rummler, THE EIGENFUNCTIONS OF THE STOKES OPERATOR IN SPECIAL DOMAINS .2., Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 77(9), 1997, pp. 669-675
We investigate the eigenvalue problem of the Stokes operator in an ope
n bounded rectangular parallelepiped of the R-3 supplemented with homo
geneous Dirichlet boundary conditions on two face to face lying latera
l surfaces and periodical conditions in the directions orthogonal to t
he other faces. By separation we deduce a corresponding system of ordi
nary differential equations. We look for solutions as solenoidal vecto
r fields satifying the boundary conditions. The investigation of possi
ble cases yields either the explicit eigenfunctions and eigenvalues or
equations for determining the eigenvalues and a general deduced form
of the eigenfunctions. In the appendix rue give an example of the firs
t eigenvalues of the Stokes operator for fixed l = 2.69.