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We consider relative equilibrium solutions of the two-dimensional Euler equations in which the vorticity is concentrated on a union of finite-length vortex sheets. Using methods of complex analysis, more specifically the theory of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-12 Bartosz Protas , Takashi Sakajo

We prove by an explicit construction that solutions to incompressible 3D Euler equations defined in the periodic cube can be mapped bijectively to a new system of equations whose solutions are globally regular. We establish that the usual…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-08 Miguel D. Bustamante

We study the formation of singularities for the Euler-Alignment system with influence function $\psi=\frac{k_\alpha}{|x|^\alpha}$ in 1D. As in [20] the problem is reduced to the analysis of a nonlocal 1D equation. We show the existence of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Victor Arnaiz , Ángel Castro

Accurate simulations of ice sheet dynamics, mantle convection, lava flow, and other highly viscous free-surface flows involve solving the coupled Stokes/free-surface equations. In this paper, we theoretically analyze the stability and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-13 Igor Tominec , Lukas Lundgren , André Löfgren , Josefin Ahlkrona

We revisit, both numerically and analytically, the finite-time blowup of the infinite-energy solution of 3D Euler equations of stagnation-point-type introduced by Gibbon et al. (1999). By employing the method of mapping to regular systems,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-04-20 Rachel M. Mulungye , Dan Lucas , Miguel D. Bustamante

We consider a fluid-structure interaction problem in the Eulerian, phase-field formulation. The problem is described using the Navier--Stokes equations for a viscous, incompressible fluid, coupled with the incompressible hyperelasticity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Francis R. A. Aznaran , Martina Bukač , Boris Muha

We derive a new formulation of the relativistic Euler equations that exhibits remarkable properties. This new formulation consists of a coupled system of geometric wave, transport, and elliptic equations, sourced by nonlinearities that are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-21 Marcelo M. Disconzi , Jared Speck

We consider the evolution of self-gravitating matter fields that may undergo phase transitions, and we connect ideas from phase transition dynamics with concepts from bouncing cosmology. Our framework introduces scattering maps prescribed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-05 Bruno Le Floch , Philippe G. LeFloch

We consider the motion of an axisymmetric column of Navier-Stokes fluid with a free surface. Due to surface tension, the thickness of the fluid neck goes to zero in finite time. After the singularity, the fluid consists of two halves, which…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Jens Eggers

In this paper, we study the 2D free boundary incompressible Euler equations with surface tension, where the fluid domain is periodic in $x_1$, and has finite depth. We construct initial data with a flat free boundary and arbitrarily small…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-09 Zhongtian Hu , Chenyun Luo , Yao Yao

We present two accurate and efficient algorithms for solving the incompressible, irrotational Euler equations with a free surface in two dimensions with background flow over a periodic, multiply-connected fluid domain that includes…

We consider the 2D isentropic compressible Euler equations, with pressure law $p(\rho) = (\sfrac{1}{\gamma}) \rho^\gamma$, with $\gamma >1$. We provide an elementary constructive proof of shock formation from smooth initial datum of finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-10 Tristan Buckmaster , Steve Shkoller , Vlad Vicol

Exact solutions of both the Navier-Stokes and Euler equations are found on the surface of a sphere. Under the assumption of a vanishing convection term, the flow of two oppositely rotating point vortices at the poles turns out to be the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Sun-Chul Kim , Habin Yim

The vortex method is a common numerical and theoretical approach used to implement the motion of an ideal flow, in which the vorticity is approximated by a sum of point vortices, so that the Euler equations read as a system of ordinary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-26 Diogo Arsénio , Emmanuel Dormy , Christophe Lacave

We study the interplay between the local geometric properties and the non-blowup of the 3D incompressible Euler equations. We consider the interaction of two perturbed antiparallel vortex tubes using Kerr's initial condition…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Thomas Y. Hou , Ruo Li

Building on an approach introduced by Golovkin in the '60s, we show that nonuniqueness in some forced PDEs is a direct consequence of the existence of a self-similar linearly unstable eigenvalue: the key point is a clever choice of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Michele Dolce , Giulia Mescolini

The 2d Boussinesq equations model large scale atmospheric and oceanic flows. Whether its solutions develop a singularity in finite-time remains a classical open problem in mathematical fluid dynamics. In this work, blowup from smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-08 Alejandro Sarria , Jiahong Wu

Exact solutions of a classical problem of a plane unsteady potential flow of an ideal incompressible fluid with a free boundary are presented. The fluid occupies a semi-infinite strip bounded by the free surface (from above) and (from the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-13 Evgenii A. Karabut , Elena N. Zhuravleva , Nikolay M. Zubarev , Olga V. Zubareva

In this paper we present an error analysis of an Eulerian finite element method for solving parabolic partial differential equations posed on evolving hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d=2,3$. The method employs discontinuous piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-10 Maxim A. Olshanskii , Arnold Reusken

We derive the spin Euler equation for ideal flows by applying the spherical Clebsch mapping. This equation is based on the spin vector rather than the velocity. It enables a feasible Lagrangian study of fluid dynamics, as the isosurface of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-25 Zhaoyuan Meng , Yue Yang