Boundary Layers for the Navier–Stokes Equations. The Case of a Characteristic Boundary

Abstract

Abstract We prove the existence of a strong corrector for the linearized incompressible Navier–Stokes solution on a domain with characteristic boundary. This case is different from the noncharacteristic case considered in [Hamouda and Temam, Some singular perturbation problems related to the Navier–Stokes equations: Springer Verlag, 2006] and somehow physically more relevant. More precisely, we show that the linearized Navier–Stokes solutions behave like the Euler solutions except in a thin region, close to the boundary, where a certain heat equation solution is added (the corrector). Here, the Navier–Stokes equations are considered in an infinite channel of but our results still hold for more general bounded domains.