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Weak Solutions for a Fluid-Elastic Structure Interaction Model
Benoît DESJARDINS, Maria J. ESTEBAN,
Céline GRANDMONT, and Patrick LE TALLEC
 
Received: May 22, 2000
Revised: November 30, 2000

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to study a model coupling an incompressible viscous fluid with an elastic structure in a bounded container. We prove the existence of weak solutions “à la Leray” as long as no collisions occur.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 35Q10, 73C02, 76D99.