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Bifurcating periodic solutions of the wind-driven circulation equations

Bifurcating periodic solutions of the wind-driven circulation equations
Bifurcating periodic solutions of the wind-driven circulation equations
The existence of bifurcating periodic flows in a quasi-geostrophic mathematical model of wind-driven circulation is investigated. In the model, the Ekman number r and Reynolds number R control the stability of the motion of the fluid. Through rigorous analysis it is proved that when the basic steady-state solution is independent of the Ekman number, then a spectral simplicity condition is sufficient to ensure the existence of periodic solutions branching off the basic steady-state solution as the Ekman number varies across its critical value for constant Reynolds number. When the basic solution is a function of Ekman number, an additional condition is required to ensure periodic solutions.
hopf bifurcation, periodic solution, navier–stokes equation, bessel-potential space
0022-247X
783-796
Chen, Zhi-Min
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Price, W.G.
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Chen, Zhi-Min
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Chen, Zhi-Min and Price, W.G. (2005) Bifurcating periodic solutions of the wind-driven circulation equations. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 304 (2), 783-796. (doi:10.1016/j.jmaa.2004.09.062).

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The existence of bifurcating periodic flows in a quasi-geostrophic mathematical model of wind-driven circulation is investigated. In the model, the Ekman number r and Reynolds number R control the stability of the motion of the fluid. Through rigorous analysis it is proved that when the basic steady-state solution is independent of the Ekman number, then a spectral simplicity condition is sufficient to ensure the existence of periodic solutions branching off the basic steady-state solution as the Ekman number varies across its critical value for constant Reynolds number. When the basic solution is a function of Ekman number, an additional condition is required to ensure periodic solutions.

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Published date: 2005
Keywords: hopf bifurcation, periodic solution, navier–stokes equation, bessel-potential space
Organisations: Fluid Structure Interactions Group

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Local EPrints ID: 23648
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/23648
ISSN: 0022-247X
PURE UUID: d18e6893-6520-4e3b-8737-3fbfccdfb9ec

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Date deposited: 13 Mar 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 06:49

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Author: Zhi-Min Chen
Author: W.G. Price

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