Local exact controllability to constant trajectories for Navier-Stokes-Korteweg model

TL;DR

This paper establishes the local exact controllability of the compressible Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system to a constant state on a torus in dimensions 1 to 3, using Carleman estimates without geometric restrictions.

Contribution

It proves local exact controllability to a constant trajectory for the Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system in multiple dimensions without geometric control conditions.

Findings

Achieved controllability in small positive times.

Analyzed control properties of linearized and adjoint systems.

Utilized Carleman estimates to establish observability.

Abstract

In this article, we study the local exact controllability to a constant trajectory for a compressible Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system on the torus in dimension $ d\in\{1,2,3\}$ when the control acts on an open subset. To be more precise, we obtain the local exact controllability to the constant state $(\rho_{\star},0)$ for arbitrary small positive times and without any geometric condition on the control region. In order to do so, we analyze the control properties of the linearized equation, and present a detailed study of the observability of the adjoint equations. In particular, we shall exhibit the parabolic (possibly also dispersive) structure of these adjoint equations. Based on that, we will be able to recover observability of the adjoint system through Carleman estimates.