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Semigroup Well-posedness of A Linearized, Compressible Fluid with An Elastic Boundary
We address semigroup well-posedness of the fluid-structure interaction of a
linearized compressible, viscous fluid and an elastic plate (in the absence of
rotational inertia). Unlike existing work in the literature, we linearize the
compressible Navier-Stokes equations about an arbitrary state (assuming the
fluid is barotropic), and so the fluid PDE component of the interaction will
generally include a nontrivial ambient flow profile . The
appearance of this term introduces new challenges at the level of the
stationary problem. In addition, the boundary of the fluid domain is
unavoidably Lipschitz, and so the well-posedness argument takes into account
the technical issues associated with obtaining necessary boundary trace and
elliptic regularity estimates. Much of the previous work on flow-plate models
was done via Galerkin-type constructions after obtaining good a priori
estimates on solutions (specifically \cite {Chu2013-comp}---the work most
pertinent to ours here); in contrast, we adopt here a Lumer-Phillips approach,
with a view of associating solutions of the fluid-structure dynamics with a
-semigroup on the natural
finite energy space of initial data. So, given this approach, the major
challenge in our work becomes establishing of the maximality of the operator
which models the fluid-structure dynamics. In sum: our main
result is semigroup well-posedness for the fully coupled fluid-structure
dynamics, under the assumption that the ambient flow field has zero normal component trace on the boundary (a
standard assumption with respect to the literature). In the final sections we
address well-posedness of the system in the presence of the von Karman plate
nonlinearity, as well as the stationary problem associated with the dynamics.Comment: 1 figur
A theory of the infinite horizon LQ-problem for composite systems of PDEs with boundary control
We study the infinite horizon Linear-Quadratic problem and the associated
algebraic Riccati equations for systems with unbounded control actions. The
operator-theoretic context is motivated by composite systems of Partial
Differential Equations (PDE) with boundary or point control. Specific focus is
placed on systems of coupled hyperbolic/parabolic PDE with an overall
`predominant' hyperbolic character, such as, e.g., some models for
thermoelastic or fluid-structure interactions. While unbounded control actions
lead to Riccati equations with unbounded (operator) coefficients, unlike the
parabolic case solvability of these equations becomes a major issue, owing to
the lack of sufficient regularity of the solutions to the composite dynamics.
In the present case, even the more general theory appealing to estimates of the
singularity displayed by the kernel which occurs in the integral representation
of the solution to the control system fails. A novel framework which embodies
possible hyperbolic components of the dynamics has been introduced by the
authors in 2005, and a full theory of the LQ-problem on a finite time horizon
has been developed. The present paper provides the infinite time horizon
theory, culminating in well-posedness of the corresponding (algebraic) Riccati
equations. New technical challenges are encountered and new tools are needed,
especially in order to pinpoint the differentiability of the optimal solution.
The theory is illustrated by means of a boundary control problem arising in
thermoelasticity.Comment: 50 pages, submitte
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