Global existence versus blow-up for multi-d hyperbolized compressible Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract: We consider the non-isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations in two or three space dimensions for which the heat conduction of Fourier's law is replaced by Cattaneo's law and the classical Newtonian flow is replaced by a revised Maxwell flow. We show that a physical entropy exists for this new model. For two special cases, we show the global well-posedness of solutions with small initial data and the blow-up of solutions in finite time for a class of large initial data. Moreover, for vanishing relaxation parameters, the solutions (if it exists) are shown to converge to solutions of the classical system.