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On the Hamiltonian structure of the intrinsic evolution of a closed vortex sheet

Fluid Dynamics 2025-05-27 v3 Other Condensed Matter Mathematical Physics math.MP Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

Motivated by the work of previous authors on vortex sheets and their applications, the intrinsic inviscid evolution equations of a closed vortex sheet in a plane, separating two piecewise constant density fluids, and their Hamiltonian form are investigated. The model has potential applications to problems involving the dynamics of interfaces of two immiscible fluids. A boundary Poisson bracket, which appears to be new and related to the KdV bracket, is obtained containing the curve-tangential derivative /s\partial / \partial s. Lagrangian invariants of the sheet motion by its self-induced velocity--the Cauchy principal value of the Biot-Savart integral--are also derived.

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@article{arxiv.2408.13462,
  title  = {On the Hamiltonian structure of the intrinsic evolution of a closed vortex sheet},
  author = {Banavara N. Shashikanth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.13462},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

The previous version (v2) had some typos and omissions, which have been corrected. A new observation has been made: the vortex sheet bracket has the form of the KdV bracket. An appendix on Poisson brackets on infinite-dimensional manifolds has been added