1. Algebraic bounds on the Rayleigh–Bénard attractor
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Michael S. Jolly, Edriss S. Titi, Yu Cao, Jared P. Whitehead, Jolly, Michael S [0000-0002-7158-0933], Titi, Edriss S [0000-0002-5004-1746], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Jolly, MS [0000-0002-7158-0933], and Titi, ES [0000-0002-5004-1746]
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Paper ,General Mathematics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,global attractor ,Enstrophy ,01 natural sciences ,76F35 ,Attractor ,Periodic boundary conditions ,Boundary value problem ,0101 mathematics ,Algebraic number ,Rayleigh–Bénard convection ,math.AP ,Mathematical Physics ,Mathematics ,Rayleigh-Benard convection ,Plane (geometry) ,Applied Mathematics ,010102 general mathematics ,Mathematical analysis ,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics ,76E06 ,Nonlinear Sciences::Chaotic Dynamics ,010101 applied mathematics ,34D06 ,Homogeneous space ,Affine space ,synchronization ,35Q35 - Abstract
Funder: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/100005851, Funder: Einstein Visiting Fellow Program, The Rayleigh–Bénard system with stress-free boundary conditions is shown to have a global attractor in each affine space where velocity has fixed spatial average. The physical problem is shown to be equivalent to one with periodic boundary conditions and certain symmetries. This enables a Gronwall estimate on enstrophy. That estimate is then used to bound the L 2 norm of the temperature gradient on the global attractor, which, in turn, is used to find a bounding region for the attractor in the enstrophy–palinstrophy plane. All final bounds are algebraic in the viscosity and thermal diffusivity, a significant improvement over previously established estimates. The sharpness of the bounds are tested with numerical simulations.
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- 2021
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