Some Controllability Results for Linearized Compressible Navier-Stokes System with Maxwell's Law

Abstract

In this article, we study the control aspects of the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations with Maxwell's law linearized around a constant steady state with zero velocity. We consider the linearized system with Dirichlet boundary conditions and with interior controls. We prove that the system is not null controllable at any time using localized controls in density and stress equations and even everywhere control in the velocity equation. However, we show that the system is null controllable at any time if the control acting in the density or stress equation is everywhere in the domain. This is the best possible null controllability result obtained for this system. Next, we show that the system is approximately controllable at large time using localized controls. Thus, our results give a complete understanding of the system in this direction.