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Steady flows of ideal incompressible fluid

Mathematical Physics 2023-02-14 v2 math.MP

Abstract

A new important relation between fluid mechanics and differential geometry is established. We study smooth steady solutions to the Euler equations with the additional property: the velocity vector is orthogonal to the gradient of the pressure at any point. Such solutions are called Gavrilov flows. Local structure of a Gavrilov flow is described in terms of geometry of isobaric hypersurfaces. In the 3D case, we obtain a system of PDEs for an axisymmetric Gavrilov flow and find consistency conditions for the system. Two numerical examples of axisymmetric Gavrilov flows are presented: with pressure function periodic in the axial direction, and with isobaric surfaces diffeomorphic to the torus.

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@article{arxiv.2209.14572,
  title  = {Steady flows of ideal incompressible fluid},
  author = {Vladimir Yu. Rovenski and Vladimir A. Sharafutdinov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.14572},
  year   = {2023}
}

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25 pages, 2 figures