Navier-Stokes equations in the whole space with an eddy viscosity

Abstract

We study the Navier-Stokes equations with an extra eddy viscosity term in the whole space in three dimensions. We introduce a suitable regularized system for which we prove the existence of a regular solution defined for all time. We prove that when the regularizing parameter goes to zero, the solution of the regularized system converges to a turbulent solution of the initial system.