Some Remarks on Regularity Criteria of Axially Symmetric Navier-Stokes Equations

Abstract

Two main results will be presented in our paper. First, we will prove the regularity of solutions to axially symmetric Navier-Stokes equations under a $log$ supercritical assumption on the horizontally radial component $u^r$ and vertical component $u^z$, accompanied by a $log$ subcritical assumption on the horizontally angular component $u^{\theta }$ of the velocity. Second, the precise Green function for the operator $-(\Delta -\frac{1}{r^2})$ under the axially symmetric situation, where $r$ is the distance to the symmetric axis, and some weighted $L^p$ estimates of it will be given. This will serve as a tool for the study of axially symmetric Navier-Stokes equations. As an application, we will prove the regularity of solutions to axially symmetric Navier-Stokes equations under a critical (or a subcritical) assumption on the angular component $w^{\theta }$ of the vorticity.

Final version, to appear in Comm. Pure Appl. Anal