Vanishing viscosity limit to the FENE dumbbell model of polymeric flows

Abstract

In this paper we mainly investigate the inviscid limit for the strong solutions of the finite extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE) dumbbell model. By virtue of the Littlewood-Paley theory, we first obtain a uniform estimate for the solution to the FENE dumbbell model with viscosity in Besov spaces. Moreover, we show that the data-to-solution map is continuous. Finally, we prove that the strong solution of the FENE dumbbell model converges to a Euler system couple with a Fokker-Planck equation. Furthermore, convergence rates in Lebesgue spaces are obtained also.

21 pages