$$L^p$$-strong solution to fluid-rigid body interaction system with Navier slip boundary condition

Abstract

We study a fluid-structure interaction problem describing movement of a rigid body inside a bounded domain filled by a viscous fluid. The fluid is modelled by the generalized incompressible Naiver–Stokes equations which include cases of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. The fluid and the rigid body are coupled via the Navier slip boundary conditions and balance of forces at the fluid-rigid body interface. Our analysis also includes the case of the nonlinear slip condition. The main results assert the existence of strong solutions, in an $$L^p-L^q$$ setting, globally in time, for small data in the Newtonian case, while existence of strong solutions in $$L^p$$ -spaces, locally in time, is obtained for non-Newtonian case. The proof for the Newtonian fluid essentially uses the maximal regularity property of the associated linear system which is obtained by proving the $${\mathcal {R}}$$ -sectoriality of the corresponding operator. The existence and regularity result for the general non-Newtonian fluid-solid system then relies upon the previous case. Moreover, we also prove the exponential stability of the system in the Newtonian case.