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Kinetic helicity is one of the invariants of the Euler equations that is associated with the topology of vortex lines within the fluid. In superfluids, the vorticity is concentrated along vortex filaments. In this setting, helicity would be…
In this paper we will prove that the vorticity belongs to L1(0; T ; L2(R3)) for the Cauchy problem of 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes equation, then the existence of a global smooth solution is obtained. Our approach is to construct a set…
In [Lacave, IHP, ana, to appear (2008)] the author considered the two dimensional Euler equations in the exterior of a thin obstacle shrinking to a curve and determined the limit velocity. In the present work, we consider the same problem…
We use recent developments in the theory of finite-time dynamical systems to objectively locate the material boundaries of coherent vortices in two-dimensional Navier--Stokes turbulence. We show that these boundaries are optimal in the…
The stochastically forced vorticity equation associated with the two dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equation on $D_\delta:=[0,2\pi\delta]\times [0,2\pi]$ is considered for $\delta\approx 1$, periodic boundary conditions, and…
This article studies point-vortex models for the Euler and surface quasi-geostrophic equations. In the case of an inviscid fluid with planar motion, the point-vortex model gives account of dynamics where the vorticity profile is sharply…
Exponential stabilization to time-dependent trajectories for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is achieved with explicit feedback controls. The fluid is contained in two-dimensional spatial domains and the control force is, at each…
We derive asymptotic estimates for the projection of the vorticity onto principal directions of material stretching in 3D flows. In flows with pointwise bounded vorticity, these estimates predict vorticity alignment with Lyapunov vectors…
In this paper, we consider the uniqueness of solutions to the 3d Navier-Stokes equations with initial vorticity given by $\omega_0 = \alpha e_z \delta_{x = y = 0}$, where $\delta_{x=y= 0}$ is the one dimensional Hausdorff measure of an…
In this earliest study of thick accretion disks with viscosity effects, we construct stationary solutions of a relativistic geometrically thick accretion disk in the Schwarzschild spacetime under the influence of shear viscosity and the…
We show weak-strong uniqueness and stability results for the motion of a two or three dimensional fluid governed by the Navier-Stokes equation interacting with a flexible, elastic plate of Koiter type. The plate is situated at the top of…
Recent high-resolution, high-Reynolds-number simulations have shown that the initial total circulation, quantified by the vorticity packing fraction (VPF), strongly influences the late-time Eulerian statistical equilibria of decaying incom-…
We are concerned with the problem of global well-posedness of the 3D Navier--Stokes equations on the torus with unitary viscosity. While a full answer to this question seems to be out of reach of the current techniques, we establish a…
The aim of these notes is to present in a comprehensive and relatively self-contained way some recent developments in the mathematical analysis of two-dimensional viscous flows. We consider the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in the…
In this paper, we prove a new identity for divergence free vector fields, showing that \begin{equation*} \left<-\Delta S,\omega\otimes\omega\right>=0, \end{equation*} where $S_{ij}=\frac{1}{2}\left(\partial_iu_j+\partial_ju_i\right)$ is the…
The appearance of vortex filaments, the power-law dependence of velocity and vorticity correlators and their multiscaling behavior are derived from the Navier-Stokes equation. This is possible due to interpretation of the Navier-Stokes…
This paper is concerned with pullback dynamics of 3D Navier-Stokes equations with variable viscosity and subject to time-dependent external forces. Our main result establishes the existence of finite-dimensional pullback attractors in a…
Fluid flows are intrinsically characterized via the topology and dynamics of underlying vortex lines. Turbulence in common fluids like water and air, mathematically described by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations (INSE), engenders…
In this paper we deal with parabolic variational inequalities of Navier-Stokes type with time-dependent constraints on velocity fields, including gradient constraint case. One of the objectives of this paper is to propose a weak variational…
We consider a few cases of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence differing by the mechanisms of turbulence generation. The advective terms in the Navier-Stokes and Burgers equations are similar. It is proposed that the longitudinal structure…