Contributions to Books:
A. Jüngel, J. Milisic:
"Quantum Navier-Stokes equations";
in: "ASC Report 22/2010",
issued by: Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing;
Vienna University of Technology,
Wien,
2010,
ISBN: 978-3-902627-03-2.
English abstract:
Compressible Navier-Stokes models for quantum fluids are reviewed.
They are derived from a collisional Wigner equation by a moment method and a
Chapman-Enskog expansion around the quantum equilibrium. Introducing a new
velocity variable, the barotropic quantum Navier-Stokes model can be reformulated
as a viscous quantum Euler system, which possesses a new Lyapunov (energy) functional.
This functional provides a priori estimates which are exploited to prove the
global-in-time existence of weak solutions for general initial data. Furthermore, new
numerical results for the isothermal model are presented.
Electronic version of the publication:
http://www.asc.tuwien.ac.at/preprint/2010/asc22x2010.pdf
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