Derivatives and constraints in chaotic flows: asymptotic behaviour and a numerical method

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00588-2zbMATH Open1047.76516arXivnlin/0101012OpenAlexW2011230757WikidataQ59426013 ScholiaQ59426013MaRDI QIDQ701504FDOQ701504

Authors: Jean-Luc Thiffeault 

Publication date: 3 November 2002

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In a smooth flow, the leading-order response of trajectories to infinitesimal perturbations in their initial conditions is described by the finite-time Lyapunov exponents and associated characteristic directions of stretching. We give a description of the second-order response to perturbations in terms of Lagrangian derivatives of the exponents and characteristic directions. These derivatives are related to generalised Lyapunov exponents, which describe deformations of phase-space elements beyond ellipsoidal. When the flow is chaotic, care must be taken in evaluating the derivatives because of the exponential discrepancy in scale along the different characteristic directions. Two matrix decomposition methods are used to isolate the directions of stretching, the first appropriate in finding the asymptotic behaviour of the derivatives analytically, the second better suited to numerical evaluation. The derivatives are shown to satisfy differential constraints that are realised with exponential accuracy in time. With a suitable reinterpretation, the results of the paper are shown to apply to the Eulerian framework as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0101012

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zbMATH Keywords

Lyapunov exponentsleading-order infinitesimal perturbation responsephase-space element deformations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55)

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