Inviscid Damping Near the Couette Flow in a Channel

We prove asymptotic stability of the Couette flow for the 2D Euler equations in the domain T × [ 0 , 1 ] . More precisely we prove that if we start with a small and smooth perturbation (in a suitable Gevrey space) of the Couette flow, then the velocity field converges strongly to a nearby shear flow...

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Published in:Communications in mathematical physics 2020-03, Vol.374 (3), p.2015-2096
Main Authors: Ionescu, Alexandru D., Jia, Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
Complex Systems
Convergence
Couette flow
Damping
Euler-Lagrange equation
Flow stability
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Mathematical Physics
Perturbation
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Physics
Relativity Theory
Shear flow
Theoretical
Two dimensional flow
Velocity distribution
Vorticity
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Summary:We prove asymptotic stability of the Couette flow for the 2D Euler equations in the domain T × [ 0 , 1 ] . More precisely we prove that if we start with a small and smooth perturbation (in a suitable Gevrey space) of the Couette flow, then the velocity field converges strongly to a nearby shear flow. Our solutions are defined on the compact set T × [ 0 , 1 ] (“the channel”) and therefore have finite energy. The vorticity perturbation, which is initially assumed to be supported in the interior of the channel, will remain supported in the interior of the channel at all times, will be driven to higher frequencies by the linear flow, and will converge weakly to another shear flow as t → ∞ .
ISSN:0010-3616
1432-0916
DOI:10.1007/s00220-019-03550-0