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Lagrangian dynamics of the Navier-Stokes equation

Fluid Dynamics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Most researches on fluid dynamics are mostly dedicated to obtain the solutions of Navier-Stokes equation which governs fluid flow with particular boundary conditions and approximations. We propose an alternative approach to deal with fluid dynamics using the lagrangian. We attempt to develop a gauge invariant lagrangian which reconstructs the Navier-Stokes equation through the Euler-Lagrange equation. The lagrangian consists of gauge boson field \Aμ\A_\mu with appropriate content describing the fluid dynamics, i.e. \Aμ=(Φ,\uv)\A_\mu = (\Phi, -\uv). An example of applying the lagrangian to the interaction of fluid in a solitonic medium is also given.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0508092,
  title  = {Lagrangian dynamics of the Navier-Stokes equation},
  author = {A. Sulaiman and L. T. Handoko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0508092},
  year   = {2007}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure, talk at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics 2005, Bandung

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