Asymptotic behavior and Liouville-type theorems for axisymmetric stationary Navier-Stokes equations outside of an infinite cylinder with a periodic boundary condition

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the steady Navier-Stokes equations outside of an infinite cylinder in R3. We assume that the flow is periodic in x3-direction and has no swirl. This problem is closely related with two-dimensional exterior problem. Under a condition on the generalized finite Dirichlet integral, we give a pointwise decay estimate of the vorticity at the spatial infinity. This reveals the relation between the integrability of ∇v and the decay rate of ω near the spatial infinity. Moreover, we prove a Liouville-type theorem only from the condition of the generalized finite Dirichlet integral.