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Research paper (2009)
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hal-00382670, version 2
arXiv:0905.1551
Physics/Condensed Matter/Statistical Mechanics
Physics/Mechanics/Mechanics of the fluids
Engineering Sciences/Mechanics/Fluids mechanics
Mathematics/Mathematical Physics
Physics/Mathematical Physics
Large time behavior and asymptotic stability of the two-dimensional Euler and linearized Euler equations
Freddy Bouchet1, 2, Hidetoshi Morita2
1:  Phys-ENS - Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon
2:  INLN - Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
We study the asymptotic behavior and the asymptotic stability of the two-dimensional Euler equations and of the two-dimensional linearized Euler equations close to parallel flows. We focus on spectrally stable jet profiles $U\left(y\right)$ with stationary streamlines $y_{0}$ such that $U'(y_{0})=0$, a case that has not been studied previously. We describe a new dynamical phenomenon: the depletion of the vorticity at the stationary streamlines. An unexpected consequence, is that the velocity decays for large times with power laws, similarly to what happens in the case of the Orr mechanism for base flows without stationary streamlines. The asymptotic behaviors of velocity and the asymptotic profiles of vorticity are theoretically predicted and compared with direct numerical simulations. We argue on the asymptotic stability of these flow velocities even in the absence of any dissipative mechanisms.
English
2D Euler equations – Large scales of turbulent flows – 2D turbulence – geophysical turbulence – asymptotic behavior – asymptotic Stability
To be published in Physica D, nonlinear phenomena (accepted January 2010)
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