J. Duchon et R. Robert, Inertial energy dissipation for weak solutions of incompressible Euler andNavier-Stokes equations, NONLINEARIT, 13(1), 2000, pp. 249-255
We study the local equation of energy for weak solutions of three-dimension
al incompressible Navier-Stokes and Euler equations. We define a dissipatio
n term D(u) which stems from an eventual lack of smoothness in the solution
u. We give in passing a simple proof of Onsager's conjecture on energy con
servation for the three-dimensional Euler equation, slightly weakening the
assumption of Constantin et al. We suggest calling weak solutions with non-
negative D(u) 'dissipative'.