Description of Nonlinear Vortical Flows of Incompressible Fluid in Terms of a Quasi-Potential
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Article Title | Description of Nonlinear Vortical Flows of Incompressible Fluid in Terms of a Quasi-Potential |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ermakov, Andrei and Stepanyants, Yury |
Journal Title | Physics |
Journal Citation | 3 (4), pp. 799-913 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Place of Publication | Switzerland |
ISSN | 2624-8174 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/physics3040050 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/3/4/50 |
Abstract | As it was shown earlier, a wide class of nonlinear 3-dimensional (3D) fluid flows of incompressible viscous fluid can be described by only one scalar function dubbed the quasi-potential. This class of fluid flows is characterized by a three-component velocity field having a two-component vorticity field. Both these fields may, in general, depend on all three spatial variables and time. In this paper, the governing equations for the quasi-potential are derived and simple illustrative examples of 3D flows in the Cartesian coordinates are presented. The generalisation of the developed approach to the fluid flows in the cylindrical and spherical coordinate frames represents a nontrivial problem that has not been solved yet. In this paper, this gap is filled and the concept of a quasi-potential to the cylindrical and spherical coordinate frames is further developed. A few illustrative examples are presented which can be of interest for practical applications. |
Keywords | Incompressible fluid; Vector-potential; Vortical flow; Vorticity |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510399. Classical physics not elsewhere classified |
490109. Theoretical and applied mechanics | |
Funder | Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation |
Byline Affiliations | Maynooth University, Ireland |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University, Russia | |
School of Sciences |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/w3q1w/description-of-nonlinear-vortical-flows-of-incompressible-fluid-in-terms-of-a-quasi-potential
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