Nonlinear boundary value problems modeling steady polymer flows in domains with impermeable solid walls are studied. The solvability of a nonhomogeneous boundary value problem for the equations governing a polymer flow in the case of an impermeable boundary is proved. The norms of solutions are estimated. The set of weak solutions is shown to be sequentially weakly closed. Addi tionally, explicit formulas are found for computing the solution of the boundary value problem describing the polymer flow induced by a stretching (shrinking) sheet.
We investigate a mathematical model describing 3D steady-state flows of Bingham-type fluids in a bounded domain under threshold-slip boundary conditions, which state that flows can slip over solid surfaces when the shear stresses reach a certain critical value. Using a variational inequalities approach, we suggest the weak formulation to this problem. We establish sufficient conditions for the existence of weak solutions and provide their energy estimates. Moreover, it is shown that the set of weak solutions is sequentially weakly closed in a suitable functional space.
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