On the impossibility of finite-time splash singularities for vortex sheets

DOI10.1007/S00205-016-0977-ZMaRDI QIDQ291815zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Daniel Coutand, Steve Shkoller

Publication date 10 June 2016

Published in Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.1479

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Blow-up in context of PDEs (35B44) Euler equations (35Q31)

Abstract: In fluid dynamics, an interface splash singularity occurs when a locally smooth interface self-intersects in finite time. By means of elementary arguments, we prove that such a singularity cannot occur in finite time for vortex sheet evolution, i.e. for the two-phase incompressible Euler equations. We prove this by contradiction; we assume that a splash singularity does indeed occur in finite time. Based on this assumption, we find precise blow-up rates for the components of the velocity gradient which, in turn, allow us to characterize the geometry of the evolving interface just prior to self-intersection. The constraints on the geometry then lead to an impossible outcome, showing that our assumption of a finite-time splash singularity was false.

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