Integrable Vortex Motions in Unbounded and Periodic Domains

In each of the vortex systems investigated, the motion of a passive particle in the field of the vortices is, in general, chaotic. One means of characterizing the advected field is through Thurston-Nielsen theory from topology. Using only information about the motions of the vortices themselves and the fact that the advected fluid is a continuous field, Thurston-Nielsen theory establishes a lower bound on the stretching in the advected field. Some of the vortex motions investigated produce exponential stretching in the flow field. This stretching is as violent as any in turbulent flow, which suggests that the problem of point vortices in two-dimensional flow may lend itself to an understanding of some of the physics present in fully turbulent two-dimensional flows.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Stremler, Mark Andrew

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hassan Aref

• Physics, Fluid and Plasma

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9912389

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87771