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In this paper, we provide a classification of steady solutions to two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations in terms of the set of flow angles. The first main result asserts that the set of flow angles of any bounded steady flow in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-05-27 Changfeng Gui , Chunjing Xie , Huan Xu

We show that, for two-dimensional space-periodic incompressible flow, the solution can be evaluated numerically in Lagrangian coordinates with the same accuracy achieved in standard Eulerian spectral methods. This allows the determination…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Matsumoto , J. Bec , U. Frisch

The aim of this paper is to prove that a three dimensional Lagrangian flow which defines equatorially trapped water waves is dynamically possible. This is achieved by applying a mixture of analytical and topological methods to prove that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-08 Silvia Sastre-Gomez

We introduce a new global Lagrangian descriptor that is applied to flows with general time dependence (altimetric datasets). It succeeds in detecting simultaneously, with great accuracy, invariant manifolds, hyperbolic and non-hyperbolic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-18 Carolina Mendoza , Ana M Mancho

We approximate the regular solutions of the incompressible Euler equation by the solution of ODEs on finite-dimensional spaces. Our approach combines Arnold's interpretation of the solution of Euler's equation for incompressible and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-03 Thomas Gallouët , Quentin Mérigot

This paper is devoted to the geometric analysis of the incompressible averaged Euler equations on compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary. The equation also coincides with the model for a second-grade non-Newtonian fluid. We study the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Steve Shkoller

Within the framework of Lagrangian variables, we develop a method for deriving explicit solutions to the 2D Boussinesq equations using harmonic mapping theory. By reformulating the characterization of flow solutions described by harmonic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-04 Jian Li , Shaojie Yang

We propose a novel Particle Flow Map (PFM) method to enable accurate long-range advection for incompressible fluid simulation. The foundation of our method is the observation that a particle trajectory generated in a forward simulation…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Junwei Zhou , Duowen Chen , Molin Deng , Yitong Deng , Yuchen Sun , Sinan Wang , Shiying Xiong , Bo Zhu

In this paper, we present a novel Eulerian-Lagrangian formulation for the compressible isentropic Euler equations with vaccum. Using the developed Lagrangian flow map formulation, we show a short-time solution for a general pressure law. A…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Wladimir Neves , Christian Olivera

This paper introduces a novel Lagrangian fluid solver based on covector flow maps. We aim to address the challenges of establishing a robust flow-map solver for incompressible fluids under complex boundary conditions. Our key idea is to use…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Zhiqi Li , Barnabás Börcsök , Duowen Chen , Yutong Sun , Bo Zhu , Greg Turk

This article is a survey concerning the state-of-the-art mathematical theory of the Euler equations of incompressible homogenous ideal fluid. Emphasis is put on the different types of emerging instability, and how they may be related to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-26 Claude Bardos , Edriss S. Titi

The Hamiltonian formulation for perfect fluid equations with the l-conformal Galilei symmetry is proposed. For an arbitrary half-integer value of the parameter l, the Hamilton and non-canonical Poisson brackets are found, in terms of which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-19 Timofei Snegirev

We propose a simple algebraic method for constructing exact solutions of equations of two-dimensional hydrodynamics of an incompressible fluid. The problem reduces to consecutively solving three linear partial differential equations for a…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-03 A. V. Yurov , A. A. Yurova

Exploring the general analytical solutions to the Euler equations for ideal fluids holds significant theoretical and practical importance. The steady flows in two-dimensional spaces are considered whether there is an analytical solution in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-29 Wenan Zou

It was shown in \cite{bloch2000optimal} that an optimal control formulation for incompressible ideal fluid flow yields Euler's equations. In this paper, we consider a variational obstacle-avoidance formulation for incompressible ideal flows…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Alexandre Anahory Simoes , Anthony Bloch , Leonardo Colombo

The exhaustive classification of stationary incompressible flows with constant total pressure of ideal infinitely electrically conducting fluid is given. By introduction of curvilinear coordinates based on streamlines and magnetic lines of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. V. Golovin , M. K. Krutikov

We give a variational formulation of perfect fluids on a general pseudoriemannian manifold by variating tangent fields according the flux produced by them. In this approach no constraints are needed. As a result, Euler and continuity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-26 Ricardo Alonso-Blanco , Jesús Muñoz-Díaz

We analyse finite-time singularities of the Teichm\"uller harmonic map flow -- a natural gradient flow of the harmonic map energy -- and find a canonical way of flowing beyond them in order to construct global solutions in full generality.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Melanie Rupflin , Peter M. Topping

When expressed in Lagrangian variables, the equations of motion for compressible (barotropic) fluids have the structure of a classical Hamiltonian system in which the potential energy is given by the internal energy of the fluid. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Thomas Gallouët , Quentin Merigot , Andrea Natale

We establish a result concerning the so-called Lagrangian controllability of the Euler equation for incompressible perfect fluids in dimension 3. More precisely we consider a connected bounded domain of R^3 and two smooth contractible sets…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-08-26 Olivier Glass , Thierry Horsin