AbstractThe flux-limited Keller–Segel–Navier–Stokes system $$\begin{aligned} \left\{ \begin{array}{lcl} n_t + u\cdot \nabla n &{}=&{} \Delta n - \nabla \cdot \Big ( n f(|\nabla c|^2) \nabla c\Big ), \\ c_t + u\cdot \nabla c &{}=&{} \Delta c - c + n, \\ u_t + (u\cdot \nabla ) u &{}=&{} \Delta u + \nabla P + n\nabla \Phi , \qquad \nabla \cdot u=0, \end{array} \right. \qquad \qquad (\star ) \end{aligned}$$
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