Existência de solução fraca para as equações de Navier-Stokes de um fluido compressível com dados iniciais descontínuos.

Abstract

In this work, based on a serie of papers by David Ho , it is proved a theorem on the existence of a weak solution to the initial value problem for the Navier-Stokes equations for a one space dimension ow of a compressible uid. It is assumed the absence of external forces and that the pressure is a continuous positive increasing function of density with the derivative also continuous. Concerning the initial data, they are allowed to have large jump discontinuities, such as piecewise constant functions, in particular Riemann data. The proof of the theorem is based on a sequence of lemmas and propositions which give estimates on the approximate smooth solutions obtained under regularized data. The nal solution is obtained by a limit process on the approximate solutions.