Simplified variational principles for barotropic magnetohydrodynamics

DOI10.1017/S0022112008002024zbMATH Open1146.76059arXiv0811.2309OpenAlexW3044490324MaRDI QIDQ3530770FDOQ3530770

Authors: Donald Lynden-Bell, A. Yahalom 

Publication date: 20 October 2008

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Variational principles for magnetohydrodynamics were introduced by previous authors both in Lagrangian and Eulerian form. In a previous work Yahalom & Lynden-Bell introduced a simpler Eulerian variational principles from which all the relevant equations of magnetohydrodynamics can be derived. The variational principle was given in terms of six independent functions for non-stationary flows and three independent functions for stationary flows. This is less then the seven variables which appear in the standard equations of magnetohydrodynamics which are the magnetic field $vecB$ the velocity field $vecv$ and the density $ho$. In this work I will improve on the previous results showing that non-stationary magnetohydrodynamics should be described by four functions .

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2309

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zbMATH Keywords

branch cutsEulerian variational principlestopological constants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30)

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