The onset of thermalization in finite-dimensional equations of hydrodynamics: insights from the Burgers equation

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2016.0585zbMATH Open1404.76135arXiv1608.07574OpenAlexW3100325893MaRDI QIDQ4646845FDOQ4646845

Authors: Divya Venkataraman, Samriddhi Sankar Ray 

Publication date: 28 December 2018

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Solutions to finite-dimensional (all spatial Fourier modes set to zero beyond a finite wavenumber $K_G$), inviscid equations of hydrodynamics at long times are known to be at variance with those obtained for the original infinite dimensional partial differential equations or their viscous counterparts. Surprisingly, the solutions to such Galerkin-truncated equations develop sharp localised structures, called {it tygers} [Ray, et al., Phys. Rev. E {�f 84}, 016301 (2011)], which eventually lead to completely thermalised states associated with an equipartition energy spectrum. We now obtain, by using the analytically tractable Burgers equation, precise estimates, theoretically and via direct numerical simulations, of the time $a{u}_c$ at which thermalisation is triggered and show that $a{u}_{c}simk{g}^{x}i$, with $xi=-4/9$. Our results have several implications including for the analyticity strip method to numerically obtain evidence for or against blow-ups of the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.07574

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zbMATH Keywords

Burgers equationthermalizationGalerkin truncation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M10) Dynamical systems approach to turbulence (76F20) Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55)

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