Related papers: Beltrami vector fields with polyhedral symmetries
A vector field is called a Beltrami vector field, if $B\times(\nabla\times B)=0$. In this paper we construct two unique Beltrami vector fields $\mathfrak{I}$ and $\mathfrak{Y}$, such that $\nabla\times\mathfrak{I}=\mathfrak{I}$,…
In this paper, Beltrami vector fields in several orthogonal coordinate systems are obtained analytically and numerically. Specifically, axisymmetric incompressible inviscid steady state Beltrami (Trkalian) fluid flows are obtained with the…
We construct traveling wave solutions to the 3d Euler equations by axisymmetric Beltrami fields with a non-constant proportionality factor. They form a vortex ring with nested invariant tori consisting of level sets of the proportionality…
We prove that bounded Beltrami fields must be symmetric if a proportionality factor depends on 2 variables in the cylindrical coordinate and admits a regular level set diffeomorphic to a cylinder or a torus.
Using open books, we prove the existence of a non-vanishing steady solution to the Euler equations for some metric in every homotopy class of non-vanishing vector fields of any odd dimensional manifold. As a corollary, any such field can be…
We find conditions under which the restriction of a divergence-free vector field $B$ to an invariant toroidal surface $S$ is linearisable. The main results are similar in conclusion to Arnold's Structure Theorems but require weaker…
We consider the class of Beltrami fields (eigenfields of the curl operator) on three-dimensional Riemannian solid tori: such vector fields arise as steady incompressible inviscid fluids and plasmas. Using techniques from contact geometry,…
In this paper, I further continue an investigation on Beltrami Flows began in 2015 with A. Sorin and amply revised and developed in 2022 with M. Trigiante. Instead of a compact $3$-torus $T^3=\mathbb{R}^3/\Lambda$ where $\Lambda$ is a…
We introduce the concept of bi-conformal transformation, as a generalization of conformal ones, by allowing two orthogonal parts of a manifold with metric $\G$ to be scaled by different conformal factors. In particular, we study their…
The analysis of vector fields is crucial for the understanding of several physical phenomena, such as natural events (e.g., analysis of waves), diffusive processes, electric and electromagnetic fields. While previous work has been focused…
Smooth vector fields on $\mathbb{R}^n$ can be decomposed into the sum of a gradient vector field and divergence-free (solenoidal) vector field under suitable hypotheses. This is called the Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition (HHD), which has been…
Beltrami fields occur as stationary solutions of the Euler equations of fluid flow and as force free magnetic fields in magnetohydrodynamics. In this paper we discuss the role of Beltrami fields when considered as operators acting on a…
We determine the flow structure in an axisymmetric diffuser or expansion region connecting two cylindrical pipes when the inlet flow is a solid body rotation with a uniform axial flow of speeds Omega and U, respectively. A quasi-cylindrical…
In this work we study Beltrami fields with non-constant proportionality factor on $\mathbb{R}^3$. More precisely, we analyze the existence of vector fields $X$ satisfying the equations $curl(X)=fX$ and $div(X)=0$ for a given $f\in…
We develop an algorithm for the numerical calculation of Taylor states in toroidal and toroidal shell geometries using an analytical framework developed for the solution to the time-harmonic Maxwell equations. Taylor states are a special…
We draw connections between the field of contact topology and the study of Beltrami fields in hydrodynamics on Riemannian manifolds in dimension three. We demonstrate an equivalence between Reeb fields (vector fields which preserve a…
A Beltrami field is an eigenvector of the curl operator. Beltrami fields describe steady flows in fluid dynamics and force free magnetic fields in plasma turbulence. By application of the Lie-Darboux theorem of differential geoemtry, we…
The relationship between symmetry fields and first integrals of divergence-free vector fields is explored in three dimensions in light of its relevance to plasma physics and magnetic confinement fusion. A Noether-type Theorem is known: for…
Object of the present paper is the local theory of solution for steady ideal Euler flows and ideal MHD equilibria. The present analysis relies on the Lie-Darboux theorem of differential geometry and the local theory of representation and…
We characterise the boundary field line behaviour of Beltrami flows on compact, connected manifolds with vanishing first de Rham cohomology group. Namely we show that except for an at most nowhere dense subset of the boundary, on which the…