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The object of this talk is a class of generalised Newtonian fluids with implicit constitutive law. Both in the steady and the unsteady case, existence of weak solutions was proven by Bulicek et al. (2009, 2012) and the main challenge is the small growth exponent q and the implicit law. I will discuss the application of a splitting and regularising strategy to show convergence of FEM approximations to weak solutions of the flow. In the steady case this allows to cover the full range of growth exponents and thus generalises existing work of Diening et al. (2013). If time permits, I will also present and discuss an approach to show convergence for semidiscrete FEM approximations in the unsteady case. This is joint work with Endre Solid.

Frau Tabea Tscherpel

University of Oxford