Maximum palinstrophy amplification in the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations

DOI10.1017/JFM.2017.874zbMATH Open1419.76127arXiv1704.00087OpenAlexW2604279965MaRDI QIDQ5226300FDOQ5226300

Authors: Diego Ayala, T. M. Simon, Charles R. Doering 

Publication date: 31 July 2019

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

Abstract: We derive and assess the sharpness of analytic upper bounds for the instantaneous growth rate and finite-time amplification of palinstrophy in solutions of the two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. A family of optimal solenoidal fields parametrized by initial values for the Reynolds number $extrmRe$ and palinstrophy $mathcalP$ which maximize $dmathcalP/dt$ is constructed by numerically solving suitable optimization problems for a wide range of $extrmRe$ and $mathcalP$, providing numerical evidence for the sharpness of the analytic estimate $dmathcalP/dtleqleft(a+bsqrtlnextrmRe+c,ight)mathcal{P}^{3/2}$ with respect to both $extrmRe$ and $mathcalP$. This family of instantaneously optimal fields is then used as initial data in fully resolved direct numerical simulations and the time evolution of different relevant norms is carefully monitored as the palinstrophy is transiently amplified before decaying. The peak values of the palinstrophy produced by these initial data, i.e., $su{p}_{t>0}mathcalP(t)$, are observed to scale with the magnitude of the initial palinstrophy $mathcalP(0)$ in accord with the corresponding $extitapriori$ estimate. Implications of these findings for the question of finite-time singularity formation in the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equation are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.00087

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zbMATH Keywords

Navier-Stokes equationsvariational methodsgeneral fluid mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05)

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