On the unsteady Stokes problem with a nonlinear open artificial boundary condition modelling a singular load

We propose a practical nonlinear open boundary condition of Robin type for unsteady incompressible viscous flows taking account of the local inflow/outflow volume rate at an open artificial boundary with a singular load. The inflow/outflow parameters introduced in the modelling can be connected to the coefficient of singular head loss through Bernouilli's theorem of energy balance in a curl-free viscous flow. Then, we prove that this boundary condition leads to a well-posed unsteady nonlinear Stokes problem, i.e. global in time existence of a weak solution in dimension $d\leq 3$ with no restriction on the data. The proof is carried out by passing to the limit on a sequence of consistent discrete solutions of a non linear numerical scheme which approximates the original problem. The main ingredients are Schauder's fixed-point theorem and Aubin-Lions compactness argument.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00820404
Author Angot, Philippe
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Last Updated May 11, 2026, 05:28 (UTC)
Created May 11, 2026, 05:28 (UTC)
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contributor Laboratoire d'Analyse, Topologie, Probabilités (LATP) ; Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Angot, Philippe
date 2013-04-24T00:00:00
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