Global in time solutions for the Poiseuille flow of Oldroyd type in 3D domains

Abstract

A Poiseuille flow in a 3D cylindrical domain is considered for a non-newtonian fluid of Oldroyd type. We prove existence (and uniqueness) of a global (in time) weak solution. Moreover, this weak solution is an strong solution when data are more regular. These results has already been obtained in the case of two concentrical cylinders . Now, we consider an extension to an unique cylinder. Then, a mixed parabolic-hyperbolic PDE's system appears but the parabolic equation is of degenerate type. The key of the proofs is to estimate in appropriate Sobolev weighted spaces (and to obtain strong convergence in weak norms by means of a Cauchy argument).