Related papers: Two regularity criteria for the 3D MHD equations
In this paper, we are concerned with the validity of Prandtl boundary layer expansion for the solutions to two dimensional (2D) steady viscous incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in a domain $\{(X, Y)\in[0,…
This paper is concerned with the global regularity of the 2D (two-dimensional) generalized magnetohydrodynamic equations with only magnetic diffusion $\Lambda^{2\beta} b$. It is proved that when $\beta>1 $ there exists a unique global…
This paper extends our earlier approach [cf. Phys. Plasmas 17, 032503 (2010), 23, 022308 (2016)] to obtaining a priori bounds on enstrophy in neutral fluids (R-Euler) and ideal magnetohydrodynamics (R-MHD). This results in a far-reaching…
We analyze the optimal regularity that is exactly propagated by a transport equation driven by a velocity field with BMO gradient. As an application, we study the 2D Euler equations in case the initial vorticity is bounded. The sharpness of…
The normality equations for the Newtonian dynamical systems on an arbitrary Riemannian manifold of the dimension $n \geq 3$ are considered. Locally the solution of such equations reduces to three possible cases: in two of them the solution…
Hydrodynamic equations for ideal incompressible fluid are written in terms of generalized stream function. Two-dimensional version of these equations is transformed to the form of one dynamic equation for the stream function. This equation…
We address a threshold problem of the Couette flow $(y,0)$ in a uniform magnetic field $(\beta,0)$ for the 2D MHD equation on $\mathbb{T}\times\mathbb{R}$ with fluid viscosity $\nu$ and magnetic resistivity $\mu$. The nonlinear enhanced…
The purpose of this paper is to study the incompressible non-resistive MHD equations in $\mathbb{R}^3$. We establish the global well-posedness of classical solutions if the initial data is axially symmetric and the swirl components of the…
In this paper, we develop a series of boundary pointwise regularity for Dirichlet problems and oblique derivative problems. As applications, we give direct and simple proofs of the higher regularity of the free boundaries in obstacle-type…
This paper establishes the global existence and regularity for a system of the two-dimensional (2D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations with only directional hyperresistivity. More precisely, the equation of $b_1$ (the horizontal component…
We address the compressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and establish a blow-up criterion for the local strong solutions in terms of the density only. Namely, if the density is away from vacuum ($\rho= 0$) and the…
In this article, we consider the stability of the 2D magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations close to a combination of Couette flow and a constant magnetic field. We consider the ideal conductor limit for the case when viscosity $\nu$ is…
We provide a generalization of first-order necessary conditions of optimality for infinite-dimensional optimization problems with a finite number of inequality constraints and with a finite number of inequality and equality constraints. Our…
The Velocity-Vorticity (VV) formulation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations has become popular in recent years, especially in numerical studies, due to its structural advantages. Recently, with L. Rebholz, we introduced a Voigt…
We discover cancellations upon $H^{2}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$-estimate of the Hall term for $n \in \{2,3\}$. As its consequence, first, we derive a regularity criterion for the 3-dimensional Hall-magnetohydrodynamics system in terms of only…
The magnetohydrodynamic dynamo equation is derived within general relativity, using the covariant 1+3 approach, for a plasma with finite electric conductivity. This formalism allows for a clear division and interpretation of plasma and…
In this paper, we consider the steady MHD equations with inhomogeneous boundary conditions for the velocity and the tangential component of the magnetic field. Using a new construction of the magnetic lifting, we obtain existence of weak…
In this paper, we validate the boundary layer theory for 2D steady viscous incompressible magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) equations in a domain $\{(X, Y)\in[0, L]\times\mathbb{R}_+\}$ under the assumption of a moving boundary at $\{Y=0\}$. The…
Ideal systems like MHD and Euler flow may develop singularities in vorticity (w = curl v). Viscosity and resistivity are dissipative regularizations. We propose a minimal, local, conservative, nonlinear, dispersive regularization of…
We establish a variational framework for nonlinear instabilities in a setting of the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations. We apply a variational method to various kind of smooth steady states which are shown to be nonlinearly unstable…