Regularity of 3D axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

In this paper, we study the three-dimensional axisymmetric Navier-Stokes system with nonzero swirl. By establishing a new key inequality for the pair $(\frac{\omega^{r}}{r},\frac{\omega^{\theta}}{r})$, we get several Prodi-Serrin type regularity criteria based on the angular velocity, $u^\theta$. Moreover, we obtain the global well-posedness result if the initial angular velocity $u_{0}^{\theta}$ is appropriate small in the critical space $L^{3}(\R^{3})$. Furthermore, we also get several Prodi-Serrin type regularity criteria based on one component of the solutions, say $\omega^3$ or $u^3$.