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Spontaneously stochastic solutions in one-dimensional inviscid systems

Fluid Dynamics 2016-06-29 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we study the inviscid limit of the Sabra shell model of turbulence, which is considered as a particular case of a viscous conservation law in one space dimension with a nonlocal quadratic flux function. We present a theoretical argument (with a detailed numerical confirmation) showing that a classical deterministic solution before a finite-time blowup, t<tbt < t_b, must be continued as a stochastic process after the blowup, t>tbt > t_b, representing a unique physically relevant description in the inviscid limit. This theory is based on the dynamical system formulation written for the logarithmic time τ=log(ttb)\tau = \log(t-t_b), which features a stable traveling wave solution for the inviscid Burgers equation, but a stochastic traveling wave for the Sabra model. The latter describes a universal onset of stochasticity immediately after the blowup.

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@article{arxiv.1512.04465,
  title  = {Spontaneously stochastic solutions in one-dimensional inviscid systems},
  author = {Alexei A. Mailybaev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.04465},
  year   = {2016}
}
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