Asymptotic behavior of solutions toward the strong contact discontinuity for compressible Navier-Stokes equations with Cauchy problem

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the nonisentropic ideal polytropic Navier-Stokes equations to the Cauchy problem. The asymptotic stability of contact discontinuity is established under the condition that the initial perturbations are partly small but the strength of contact discontinuity can be suitably large. With this conditions, the bounds of density and temperature can be obtained from the complicated structure of Navier-Stokes equations. The proofs are given by the elementary energy method.