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Stokes–Leibenson problem for Hele-Shaw flow: a critical set in the space of contours

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The Stokes–Leibenson problem for Hele-Shaw flow is reformulated as a Cauchy problem of a nonlinear integro-differential equation with respect to functions a and b, linked by the Hilbert transform. The function a expresses the evolution of the coefficient longitudinal strain of the free boundary and b is the evolution of the tangent tilt of this contour. These functions directly reflect changes of geometric characteristics of the free boundary of higher order than the evolution of the contour point obtained by the classical Galin–Kochina equation. That is why we managed to uncover the reason of the absence of solutions in the sink-case if the initial contour is not analytic at at least one point, to prove existence and uniqueness theorems, and also to reveal a certain critical set in the space of contours. This set contains one attractive point in the source-case corresponding to a circular contour centered at the source-point. The main object of this work is the analysis of the discrete model of the problem. This model, called quasi-contour, is formulated in terms of functions corresponding to a and b of our integro-differential equation. This quasi-contour model provides numerical experiments which confirm the theoretical properties mentioned above, especially the existence of a critical subset of co-dimension 1 in space of quasi-contours. This subset contains one attractive point in the source-case corresponding to a regular quasi-contour centered at the source-point. The main contribution of our quasi-contour model concerns the sink-case: numerical experiments show that the above subset is attractive. Furthermore, this discrete model allows to extend previous results obtained by using complex analysis. We also provide numerical experiments linked to fingering effects.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics; Leninskie gory, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    A. S. Demidov

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141700, Russia

    A. S. Demidov

  3. École Centrale de Lyon, Département Mathématiques et Informatique, Institut Camille-Jordan, (C.N.R.S. U.M.R. 5208), 36 avenue Guy-de-Collongue, 69134, ECULLY Cedex, France

    A. S. Demidov & J. -P. Lohéac

  4. Centre De Recherche en Mathématiques de la Décision, Place du Maréchal De Lattre De Tassigny, Université Paris-Dauphine, 75775, Paris Cedex 16, France

    V. Runge

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Demidov, A.S., Lohéac, J.P. & Runge, V. Stokes–Leibenson problem for Hele-Shaw flow: a critical set in the space of contours. Russ. J. Math. Phys. 23, 35–55 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061920816010039

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