On a diffuse-interface model for incompressible two-phase flows with chemotaxis and mass transport

Hao Wu (Fudan U, Shanghai)

Dec 12. 2025, 11:30 — 12:00

We consider a diffuse interface model for viscous incompressible two-phase flows where the effects of chemotaxis and mass transport are taken into account. The evolution system couples the Navier-Stokes equations for the volume averaged fluid velocity, a convective Cahn-Hilliard equation for the phase-field variable, and an advection-diffusion equation for the density of the chemical substance. This hydrodynamic system is thermodynamically consistent and it generalizes the Abels-Garcke-Gruen model for incompressible two-phase flows with unmatched densities. For the initial-boundary value problem in two dimensions, we report some recent progresses on the existence of global weak solutions and their propagation of regularity. 

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Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
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Associated Event:
Free Boundary Problems (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Serena Dipierro (UWA, Perth)
Julian Fischer (ISTA, Klosterneuburg)
Matteo Novaga (U Pisa)
Elisabetta Rocca (U of Pavia)
Xavier Ros-Oton (U of Barcelona)
Ulisse Stefanelli (U of Vienna)
Enrico Valdinoci (UWA, Perth)