Abstract

The steady state non-Newtonian flow, with strain rate dependent viscosity in a thin tube structure, with no slip boundary condition, is considered. Applying the Banach fixed point theorem we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution. An asymptotic approximation is constructed and justified by an error estimate.

Highlights

  • The asymptotic behavior of solutions of partial differential equations in thin domains is extensively studied in a vast mathematical literature

  • Viscous flows were studied in such domains and for the steady state Navier-Stokes equations an asymptotic expansion of the solution was constructed

  • The paper considers the stationary non-Newtonian Stokes system of equations in a thin tube structure modeling a network of blood vessels with the no slip boundary condition

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Summary

Introduction

The asymptotic behavior of solutions of partial differential equations in thin domains is extensively studied in a vast mathematical literature. The leading term of asymptotic expansion of the pressure is described by a one-dimensional elliptic non-linear problem on the graph. One-dimensional models derived from the conservation laws were introduced in [7]. These models differ from the problem on the graph: they are equations of hyperbolic type. By Wm,p(G) we denote the closure of the set C0∞(G) in the norm · W m,p(G), where C0∞(G) is the set of all infinitely differentiable functions with compact supports in G. More information about these spaces can be found in [1]. More specific functions spaces are introduced in places where they are used

Thin tube structure
Formulation of the problem
Main results
Covering of the domain Bε
Domains with cylindrical outlets to infinity
Embedding inequalities in tube structure Bε
Divergence equation
Stokes problem
Weak Banach contraction principle
Existence and uniqueness of the solution of the main problem
Existence of non-Newtonian Poiseuille flow with prescribed pressure slope
Operator relating the pressure slope and the flux
Equation on the graph
Existence and uniqueness of a solution
Continuity of the solution with respect to data of the problem
Construction of an asymptotic approximation of the solution
Findings
Conclusion

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