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We present a unified variational mechanics framework for cavitating turbulent flows and structural motions via a stabilized finite element formulation. To model the finite mass transfer rate in cavitation phenomena, we employ the homogenous…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-22 Suraj R. Kashyap , Rajeev K. Jaiman

Equilibrium, traveling wave, and periodic orbit solutions of pipe, channel, and plane Couette flows can now be computed precisely at Reynolds numbers above the onset of turbulence. These invariant solutions capture the complex dynamics of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-10-14 John F. Gibson , Predrag Cvitanovic

Fully-developed incompressible Navier-Stokes turbulence in three dimensions is a dissipative dynamical system that exhibits strong departure from absolute equilibrium. Nevertheless, several kinds of representation by Tsallis equilibria have…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Toshiyuki Gotoh , Robert H. Kraichnan

This study investigates the linear stability of a laminar premixed flame, anchored on a square cylinder and confined inside a channel. Many modern linear analysis concepts have been developed and validated around non-reacting bluff-body…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-11 Chuhan Wang , Lutz Lesshafft , Kilian Oberleithner

Turbulence in wall-bounded shear flow results from a synergistic interaction between linear non-normality and nonlinearity in which non-normal growth of a subset of perturbations configured to transfer energy from the externally forced…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-05-08 Marios-Andreas Nikolaidis , Brian F. Farrell , Petros J. Ioannou

This paper studies the two-dimensional inhomogeneous Navier--Stokes equations governing stratified flows in a bounded domain under a gravitational potential \(f\). Our main results are as follows. First, we provide a rigorous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Song Jiang , Quan Wang

When considering a general system of equations describing the space-time evolution (flow) of one or several variables, the problem of the optimization over a finite period of time of a measure of the state variable at the final time is a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-04 D. P. G. Foures , C. P. Caulfield , P. J. Schmid

This paper investigates the well-posedness and Rayleigh-Taylor (R-T) instability for a system of two-dimensional nonhomogeneous incompressible fluid, subject to the non-slip and Naiver-slip boundary conditions at the outer and inner…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Liang Li , Quan Wang

This paper is concerned with the transition of the laminar flow in a duct of square cross-section. Like in the similar case of the pipe flow, the motion is linearly stable for all Reynolds numbers, rendering this flow a suitable candidate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-07-02 Damien Biau , Alessandro Bottaro

The 3D spatially periodic Navier-Stokes equation is posed as a nonlinear matrix differential equation. When the flow is assumed to be a time series having unknown wavenumber coefficients, then the matrix in this periodic Navier-Stokes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-08-28 David T. Purvance

Dynamical systems, that are used to model power grids, the brain, and other physical systems, can exhibit coexisting stable states known as attractors. A powerful tool to understand such systems, as well as to better predict when they may…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-07-31 George Datseris , Kalel Luiz Rossi , Alexandre Wagemakers

In this paper, we consider an incompressible viscous fluid in an infinitely deep ocean, being bounded above by a free moving boundary. The governing equations are the gravity-driven incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with variable…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Tien-Tai Nguyen

The linear stability of rapid granular flow on a slope under gravity against the longitudinal perturbation is analyzed using hydrodynamic equations. It is demonstrated that the steady flow uniform along the flow direction becomes unstable…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Namiko Mitarai , Hiizu Nakanishi

A new universal theory for flow instability and turbulent transition is proposed in this study. Flow instability and turbulence transition have been challenging subjects for fluid dynamics for a century. The critical condition of turbulent…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-09-29 Hua-Shu Dou

We consider the viscous incompressible fluids in a three-dimensional horizontally periodic domain bounded below by a fixed smooth boundary and above by a free moving surface. The fluid dynamics are governed by the Navier-Stokes equations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Xing Cheng , Yunrui Zheng

The quadratic convection term in the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is considered as a non-linear forcing to the linear operator, and it is studied in the Fourier domain through the analysis of interactions between triadically…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-02 Yuting Huang , Simon S. Toedtli , Gregory P. Chini , Beverley J. McKeon

Rotation significantly influences the stability characteristics of both laminar and turbulent shear flows. This study examines the stability threshold of the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with rotation, in the vicinity of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Wenting Huang , Ying Sun , Xiaojing Xu

Two-dimensional turbulence governed by the so-called $\alpha$ turbulence equations, which include the surface quasi-geostrophic equation ($\alpha=1$), the Navier--Stokes system ($\alpha=2$), and the governing equation for a shallow flow on…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chuong V. Tran

Linear stability of stratified gas-liquid and liquid-liquid plane-parallel flows in inclined channels is studied with respect to all wavenumber perturbations. The main objective is to predict parameter regions in which stable stratified…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-02-15 Ilya Barmak , Alexander Gelfgat , Amos Ullmann , Neima Brauner

Spatio-temporally chaotic dynamics of transitional plane Couette flow may give rise to regular turbulent-laminar stripe patterns with a large-scale pattern wavelength and an oblique orientation relative to the laminar flow direction. A…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-23 Florian Reetz , Tobias M. Schneider
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