Contour dynamics of incompressible 3-D fluids in a porous medium with different densities

We consider the problem of the evolution of the interface given by two incompressible fluids through a porous medium, which is known as the Muskat problem and in two dimensions it is mathematically analogous to the two-phase Hele-Shaw cell. We focus on a fluid interface given by a jump of densities, being the equation of the evolution obtained using Darcy’s law. We prove local well-posedness when the smaller density is above (stable case) and in the unstable case we show ill-posedness

The confined Muskat problem: differences with the deep water regime

We study the evolution of the interface given by two incompressible fluids with different densities in the porous strip \RR\times[-l,l]. This problem is known as the Muskat problem and is analogous to the two phase Hele-Shaw cell. The main goal of this paper is to compare the qualitative properties between the model when the fluids move without boundaries and the model when the fluids are confined. We find that, in a precise sense, the boundaries decrease the diffusion rate and the system becomes more singular.Comment: Revised version. 32 pages, 4 figure

Porous media: the Muskat problem in 3D

The Muskat problem involves filtration of two incompressible fluids throughout a porous medium. In this paper we shall discuss in 3-D the relevance of the RayleighTaylor condition, and the topology of the initial interface, in order to prove its local existence in Sobolev spaces.Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónEuropean Research CouncilNational Science Foundatio

A maximum principle for the Muskat problem for fluids with different densities

We consider the fluid interface problem given by two incompressible fluids with different densities evolving by Darcy’s law. This scenario is known as the Muskat problem for fluids with the same viscosities, being in two dimensions mathematically analogous to the two-phase Hele-Shaw cell. We prove in the stable case (the denser fluid is below) a maximum principle for the L∞ norm of the free boundary.Ministerio de Educación y CienciaJunta de Castilla-La Manch

Interface evolution: water waves in 2-D

We study the free boundary evolution between two irrotational, incompressible and inviscid fluids in 2-D without surface tension. We prove local-existence in Sobolev spaces when, initially, the difference of the gradients of the pressure in the normal direction has the proper sign, an assumption which is also known as the Rayleigh-Taylor condition. The well-posedness of the full water wave problem was first obtained by S. Wu. Well-posedness in Sobolev spaces of the full water wave problem in 2-D. Invent. math. 130, 39-72, 1997. The methods introduced in this paper allows us to consider multiple cases: with or without gravity, but also a closed boundary or a periodic boundary with the fluids placed above and below it. It is assumed that the initial interface does not touch itself, being a part of the evolution problem to check that such property prevails for a short time, as well as it does the Rayleigh-Taylor condition, depending conveniently upon the initial data. The addition of the pressure equality to the contour dynamic equations is obtained as a mathematical consequence, and not as a physical assumption, from the mere fact that we are dealing with weak solutions of Euler’s equation in the whole space.Ministerio de Educación y CienciaMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónEuropean Research Counci

Uniqueness for SQG patch solutions

This paper is about the evolution of a temperature front governed by the surface quasi-geostrophic equation. The existence part of that program within the scale of Sobolev spaces was obtained by the third author (2008). Here we revisit that proof introducing some new tools and points of view which allow us to conclude the also needed uniqueness result.Ministerio de Economía y CompetitividadJunta de AndalucíaEuropean Research Counci

The Rayleigh-Taylor condition for the evolution of irrotational fluid interfaces

For the free boundary dynamics of the two-phase Hele-Shaw and Muskat problems, and also for the irrotational incompressible Euler equation, we prove existence locally in time when the Rayleigh-Taylor condition is initially satisfied for a 2D interface. The result for water waves was first obtained by Wu in a slightly different scenario (vanishing at infinity), but our approach is different because it emphasizes the active scalar character of the system and does not require the presence of gravity.Ministerio de Educación y CienciaEuropean Research Counci

Lack of uniqueness for weak solutions of the incompressible porous media equation

In this work we consider weak solutions of the incompressible 2-D porous media equation. By using the approach of De Lellis-Sz´ekelyhidi we prove non-uniqueness for solutions in L∞ in space and time.Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovaciónEuropean Research CouncilNational Science Foundatio

On the global existence for the Muskat problem

The Muskat problem models the dynamics of the interface between two incompressible immiscible fluids with different constant densities. In this work we prove three results. First we prove an $L^2(\R)$ maximum principle, in the form of a new ``log'' conservation law (???) which is satisfied by the equation (???) for the interface. Our second result is a proof of global existence of Lipschitz continuous solutions for initial data that satisfy ∥f0∥L∞<∞ and ∥∂xf0∥L∞<1. We take advantage of the fact that the bound ∥∂xf0∥L∞<1 is propagated by solutions, which grants strong compactness properties in comparison to the log conservation law. Lastly, we prove a global existence result for unique strong solutions if the initial data is smaller than an explicitly computable constant, for instance ∥f∥1≤1/5. Previous results of this sort used a small constant ϵ≪1 which was not explicit.National Science FoundationMinisterio de Ciencia e InnovaciónEuropean Research Counci