V. Girault et Lr. Scott, Analysis of a two-dimensional grade-two fluid model with a tangential boundary condition, J MATH P A, 78(10), 1999, pp. 981-1011
This article studies the solutions in H-1 of a two-dimensional grade-two fl
uid model with a non-homogeneous Dirichlet tangential boundary condition, o
n a Lipschitz-continuous domain. Existence is proven by splitting the probl
em into a generalized Stokes problem and a transport equation, without rest
ricting the size of the data and the constant parameters of the fluid. A su
bstantial part of the article is devoted to a sharp analysis of this transp
ort equation, under weak regularity assumptions. By means of this analysis,
it is established that each solution of the grade-two fluid model satisfie
s energy equalities and converges strongly to a solution of the Navier-Stok
es equations when the normal stress modulus a tends to zero. When the domai
n is a polygon, it is shown that the regularity of the solution is related
to that of a Stokes problem. Uniqueness is established in a convex polygon,
with adequate restrictions on the size of the data and parameters. (C) Els
evier, Paris.