1. The 3D Incompressible Euler Equations with a Passive Scalar: A Road to Blow-Up?
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Gibbon, John D and Titi, Edriss S
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Incompressible Euler equations ,Passive scalar ,No-normal-flow boundary conditions ,Singularity ,Null point ,nlin.CD ,math-ph ,math.MP ,Applied Mathematics ,Fluids & Plasmas - Abstract
The three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations with a passive scalar θ are considered in a smooth domain with no-normal-flow boundary conditions = 0. It is shown that smooth solutions blow up in a finite time if a null (zero) point develops in the vector B=q×θ, provided B has no null points initially: = {u} is the vorticity and q=ω×θ is a potential vorticity. The presence of the passive scalar concentration θ is an essential component of this criterion in detecting the formation of a singularity. The problem is discussed in the light of a kinematic result by Graham and Henyey (Phys. Fluids 12:744-746, 2000) on the non-existence of Clebsch potentials in the neighbourhood of null points. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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- 2013