Nonlinearity of energy of Rankine flows on a torus

Authors
Citation
M. Ito et M. Shiba, Nonlinearity of energy of Rankine flows on a torus, NONLIN ANAL, 47(8), 2001, pp. 5467-5477
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
NONLINEAR ANALYSIS-THEORY METHODS & APPLICATIONS
ISSN journal
0362546X → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Part
8
Pages
5467 - 5477
Database
ISI
SICI code
0362-546X(200108)47:8<5467:NOEORF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We study an ideal fluid flow on a torus described by the Weierstrass C-func tion. In spite of the analogy of this function to the Joukowski transformat ion on the plane the convex (planar) domain bounded by two streamlines pass ing through the stagnation points is not a disk. The energy of the flow out side the convex domain is generally nonlinear function of the strength of t he dipole; in fact the energy is in only two cases a linear function of the strength, and otherwise it is a quadratic function.