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Marc Wrona

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arXiv2023

The three limits of the hydrostatic approximation

The primitive equations are derived from the $3D$-Navier-Stokes equations by the hydrostatic approximation. Formally, assuming an $\varepsilon$-thin domain and anisotropic viscosities with vertical viscosity $\nu_z=\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^\gamma)$ where $\gamma=2$, one obtains the primitive equations with full viscosity as $\varepsilon\to 0$. Here, we take two more limit equations into consideration: For $\gamma<2$ the $2D$-Navier-Stokes equations are obtained. For $\gamma>2$ the primitive equations with only horizontal viscosity $-\Delta_H$ as $\varepsilon\to 0$. Thus, there are three possible limits of the hydrostatic approximation depending on the assumption on the vertical viscosity. The latter convergence has been proven recently by Li, Titi, and Yuan using energy estimates. Here, we consider more generally $\nu_z=\varepsilon^2 \delta$ and show how maximal regularity methods and quadratic inequalities can be an efficient approach to the same end for $\varepsilon,\delta\to 0$. The flexibility of our methods is also illustrated by the convergence for $\delta\to \infty$ and $\varepsilon\to 0$ to the $2D$-Navier-Stokes equations.

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arXiv2019

Primitive Equations with Horizontal Viscosity: The Initial Value and the Time-Periodic Problem for Physical Boundary Conditions

The 3D-primitive equations with only horizontal viscosity are considered on a cylindrical domain $\Omega=(-h,h) \times G$, $G\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ smooth, with the physical Dirichlet boundary conditions on the sides. Instead of considering a vanishing vertical viscosity limit, we apply a direct approach which in particular avoids unnecessary boundary conditions on top and bottom. For the initial value problem, we obtain existence and uniqueness of local $z$-weak solutions for initial data in $H^1((-h,h),L^2(G))$ and local strong solutions for initial data in $H^1(\Omega)$. If $v_0\in H^1((-h,h),L^2(G))$, $\partial_z v_0\in L^q(\Omega)$ for $q>2$, then the $z$-weak solution regularizes instantaneously and thus extends to a global strong solution. This goes beyond the global well-posedness result by Cao, Li and Titi (J. Func. Anal. 272(11): 4606-4641, 2017) for initial data near $H^1$ in the periodic setting. For the time-periodic problem, existence and uniqueness of $z$-weak and strong time periodic solutions is proven for small forces. %These solutions are in the set of solutions with small norms. Since this is a model with hyperbolic and parabolic features for which classical results are not directly applicable, such results for the time-periodic problem even for small forces are not self-evident.

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arXiv2018

Rigorous justification of the hydrostatic approximation for the primitive equations by scaled Navier-Stokes equations

Consider the anisotropic Navier-Stokes equations as well as the primitive equations. It is shown that the horizontal velocity of the solution to the anisotropic Navier-Stokes equations in a cylindrical domain of height $\varepsilon $ with initial data $u_0=(v_0,w_0)\in B^{2-2/p}_{q,p}$, $1/q+1/p\le 1$ if $q\ge 2$ and $4/3q+2/3p\le 1$ if $q\le 2$, converges as $\varepsilon \to 0$ with convergence rate $\mathcal{O} (\varepsilon )$ to the horizontal velocity of the solution to the primitive equations with initial data $v_0$ with respect to the maximal-$L^p$-$L^q$-regularity norm. Since the difference of the corresponding vertical velocities remains bounded with respect to that norm, the convergence result yields a rigorous justification of the hydrostatic approximation in the primitive equations in this setting. It generalizes in particular a result by Li and Titi for the $L^2$-$L^2$-setting. The approach presented here does not rely on second order energy estimates but on maximal $L^p$-$L^q$-estimates for the heat equation.

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