Boundary Layer Criterion for the Low Mach Number and Inviscid Limits in Compressible Fluid-Rigid Body Interaction
We investigate the simultaneous low Mach number and vanishing viscosity limit for a three-dimensional compressible viscous fluid interacting with a freely moving rigid body. The fluid satisfies the compressible Navier-Stokes equations and the no-slip condition on the body surface, while the body evolves according to Newton's laws driven by the fluid stresses. We establish convergence of finite-energy weak solutions to a strong solution of the corresponding incompressible Euler-rigid body system on its interval of existence. Assuming that the initial relative energy tends to zero, convergence holds under a Kato-type condition in a boundary layer whose thickness is proportional to the viscosity. This condition combines vanishing viscous dissipation with a weighted estimate on the fluid momentum relative to the rigid body motion. The proof uses the relative entropy method and a boundary layer corrector adapted to the fluid-rigid body coupling, providing a sufficient condition for convergence in relative energy as the Mach number and viscosity tend to zero simultaneously.
Authors
- Šárka Nečasová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3853-4633)
- Arnab Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5530-0014)
- Kuntal Bhandari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9148-1951)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.35441
- Primary Topic
- Navier-Stokes equation solutions
- Type
- preprint