Sunday, 22 August 2010

reference request - Why is a smooth weak solution strong for stationary linear Stokes problem with zero-traction boundary condition?

Can anyone provide me with a reference giving details on how smooth generalized solutions of the stationary linear Stokes problem can be shown to be classical solutions when a zero-traction boundary condition is present? That is, given a smooth generalized solution of



nubigtriangleupv+bigtriangledownq=f on OmegasubsetmathbbR3



bigtriangledowncdotv=0 on Omega



S(v,q)=0 on partialOmega where Si(v,q)=qninusum3j=1(partialivj+partialjvi)nj for i=1,2,3



how can it be shown that the zero-traction boundary condition is met? It's not difficult to show that the first two equations are satisfied on Omega and using the relevant Green's formula one can obtain



intpartialOmegaS(v,q)cdotphi=0



for all solenoidal phiinH1. However, I can't quite figure out why this necessarily leads to S(v,q)=0.

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