Team

Eduard Feireisl
Professor
Institute of Mathematics CAS
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    Research fields:
  • partial differential equations
  • infinite-dimensional dynamical systems
  • mathematical fluid mechanics

Radim Hošek
Ph.D. student
KMA ZU Plzeň
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    Research fields:
  • partial differential equations
  • fluid mechanics

Martin Michálek
Ph.D. student
MFF UK Praha
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    Research fields:
  • partial differential equations
  • fluid mechanics

Bangwei She
Postdoc
EDE Institute of Mathematics AS CR
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    Research fields:
  • computational fluid dynamics
  • numerical energy stability

About the project

The main goal of the present research proposal is to build up a general mathematical theory describing the motion of a compressible, viscous, and heat conductive fluid. Our approach is based on the concept of generalized (weak) solutions satisfying the basic physical principles of balance of mass, momentum, and energy. The energy balance is expressed in terms of a variant of entropy inequality supplemented with an integral identity for the total energy balance.

We propose to identify a class of suitable weak solutions, where admissibility is based on a direct application of the principle of maximal entropy production compatible with Second law of thermodynamics. Stability of the solution family will be investigated by the method of relative entropies constructed on the basis of certain thermodynamic potentials as ballistic free energy.

The new solution framework will be applied to multiscale problems, where several characteristic scales become small or extremely large. We focus on mutual interaction of scales during this process and identify the asymptotic behavior of the quantities that are filtered out in the singular limits. We also propose to study the influence of the geometry of the underlying physical space that may change in the course of the limit process. In particular, problems arising in homogenization and optimal shape design in combination with various singular limits are taken into account.

The abstract approximate scheme used in the existence theory will be adapted in order to develop adequate numerical methods. We study stability and convergence of these methods using the tools developed in the abstract part, in particular, the relative entropies.