Global behavior of solutions to chevron pattern equations

Abstract

Considering a system of equations modeling the chevron pattern dynamics, we show that the corresponding initial boundary value problem has a unique weak solution that continuously depends on initial data, and the semigroup generated by this problem in the phase space X-0 : L-2(Omega) x L-2(Omega) has a global attractor. We also provide some insight into the behavior of the system, by reducing it under special assumptions to systems of ordinary differential equations, which can, in turn, be studied as dynamical systems.