On the Axisymmetric Steady Incompressible Beltrami Flows
On the Axisymmetric Steady Incompressible Beltrami Flows作者机构：Department of Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science Augsburg University Minneapolis MN USA Department of Statistics University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA Department of Mathematics University of St. Thomas Saint Paul MN USA
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics》 (流体动力学（英文）)
年 卷 期：2020年第10卷第3期
页 面：208-238页
学科分类：07[理学] 0701[理学-数学] 070101[理学-基础数学]
主 题：Axisymmetric Beltrami Flow Trkalian Flow Bragg-Hawthorne Equation Cylindrical Coordinates Spherical Coordinates Paraboloidal Coordinates Prolate Spheroidal Coordinates Oblate Spheroidal Coordinates Vorticity
摘 要：In this paper, Beltrami vector fields in several orthogonal coordinate systems are obtained analytically and numerically. Specifically, axisymmetric incompressible inviscid steady state Beltrami (Trkalian) fluid flows are obtained with the motivation to model flows that have been hypothesized to occur in tornadic flows. The studied coordinate systems include those that appear amenable to modeling such flows: the cylindrical, spherical, paraboloidal, and prolate and oblate spheroidal systems. The usual Euler equations are reformulated using the Bragg-Hawthorne equation for the stream function of the flow, which is solved analytically or numerically in each coordinate system under the assumption of separability of variables. Many of the obtained flows are visualized via contour plots of their stream functions in the rz-plane. Finally, the results are combined to provide a qualitative quasi-static model for a progression of tornado-like flows that develop as swirl increases. The results in this paper are equally applicable in electromagnetics, where the equivalent concept is that of a force-free magnetic field.
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