Regularity criterion for the 3D generalized Newtonian fluids

Abstract

In this paper, we prove that a weak solution of the Cauchy problem for 3D unsteady flows of a generalized Newtonian fluid becomes a strong solution for $\frac{5}{3} <p<\frac{11}{5} $ provided that the gradient of velocity $\nabla \boldsymbol{u}$ belongs to the critical space $L^{\frac{2}{2-(3-p)a}}(0,T;\dot{B}^{-a}_{\infty,\infty}(\mathbb{R}^3))$, where $a\in(\frac{3}{2},\frac{2}{3-p})$ if $p\in(\frac{5}{3},2)$ and $a\in(\frac{1}{p},\frac{2}{3-p})$ if $p\in[2,\frac{11}{5})$.