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Global solutions of the free boundary problem for the
compressible Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent
viscosity
A free boundary problem is investigated for
viscous, compressible, heat-conducting, one-dimensional real
gas with general large initial data. More precisely, the viscosity
is assumed to be $\mu(\rho)=\rho^{\lambda}(\lambda>0)$, where $\rho$ is the density of the
gas, and there is nonlinear dependence upon the density and
temperature for the equations of state which are different from the
linear dependence of perfect gas. It is also proved that no
shock wave, vacuum, mass or heat concentration will
be developed in a finite time and that the free boundary (interface)
separating the gas and vacuum expands at a finite velocity.