Global existence and optimal L2 decay rate for the strong solutions to the compressible fluid models of Korteweg type

In this paper, we consider the compressible Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system that models the motions of the compressible isothermal viscous capillary fluids. We prove the global existence of a strong solution to the compressible Navier-Stokes-Korteweg system when the initial perturbation lips parallel to rho(0) - (rho) over cap parallel to(H2) + parallel to u(0)parallel to(H1) is small. Furthermore, if the L-1 norm of the initial perturbation is finite, we can obtain the optimal L-2 decay rates. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.