Hydrodynamic Nambu Brackets derived by Geometric Constraints

Autor: Blender, Richard, Badin, Gualtiero
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: R. Blender and G. Badin, 2015: "Hydrodynamic Nambu mechanics derived by geometric constraints", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 48, 105501
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/48/10/105501
Popis: A geometric approach to derive the Nambu brackets for ideal two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamics is suggested. The derivation is based on two-forms with vanishing integrals in a periodic domain, and with resulting dynamics constrained by an orthogonality condition. As a result, 2D hydrodynamics with vorticity as dynamic variable emerges as a generic model, with conservation laws which can be interpreted as enstrophy and energy functionals. Generalized forms like surface quasi-geostrophy and fractional Poisson equations for the stream-function are also included as results from the derivation. The formalism is extended to a hydrodynamic system coupled to a second degree of freedom, with the Rayleigh-B\'{e}nard convection as an example. This system is reformulated in terms of constitutive conservation laws with two additive brackets which represent individual processes: a first representing inviscid 2D hydrodynamics, and a second representing the coupling between hydrodynamics and thermodynamics. The results can be used for the formulation of conservative numerical algorithms that can be employed, for example, for the study of fronts and singularities.
Comment: 12 pages
Databáze: arXiv