Unsteady Separation and Navier-Stokes Solutions at High Reynolds Numbers

We compute the numerical solutions for Navier-Stokes and Prandtl’s equations in the case of a uniform bidimensional flow past an impulsively started disk. The numerical approx- imation is based on a spectral methods imple- mented in a Grid environment. We investigate the relationship between the phenomena of unsteady separation of the flow and the exponential decay of the Fourier spectrum of the solutions. We show that Prandtl’s solution develops a separation singularity in a finite time. Navier-Stokes solutions are computed over a range of Reynolds numbers from 3000 to 50000. We show that the appearance of large gradients of the pressure in the stream- wise direction, reveals that the visc…

Asymptotic methods in option pricing

A Subcritical Bifurcation for a Nonlinear Reaction–Diffusion System

In this paper the mechanism of pattern formation for a reaction-diffusion system with nonlinear diffusion terms is investigated. Through a linear stability analysis we show that the cross-diffusion term allows the pattern formation. To predict the form and the amplitude of the pattern we perform a weakly nonlinear analysis. In the supercritical case the Stuart-Landau equation is found, which rules the evolution of the amplitude of the most unstable mode. With the increasing distance from the bifurcation value of the cross-diffusion parameter, the weakly nonlinear analysis fails and a Fourier–Galerkin approach is adopted. In the subcritical case the weakly nonlinear analysis must be pushed u…

A particle method for a Lotka-Volterra system with nonlinear cross and self-diffusion

Existence et unicité des éequations de Prandtl

Under the hypothesis of analyticity of the data with respect to the tangential variable we prove the existence and uniqueness of the mild solution of Prandtl boundary layer equation. This can be considered an improvement of the results of [8] as we do not require analyticity with respect to the normal variable. © 2001 Académie des sciences/Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS.

Delayed feedback control for the Bènard problem

Singularities for Prandtl's equations.

We used a mixed spectral/finite-difference numerical method to investigate the possibility of a finite time blow-up of the solutions of Prandtl's equations for the case of the impulsively started cylinder. Our toll is the complex singularity tracking method. We show that a cubic root singularity seems to develop, in a time that can be made arbitrarily short, from a class of data uniformely bounded in H^1.

Nonlocal boundary conditions for the Navier-Stokes equations

Unsteady Separation for High Reynolds Numbers Navier-Stokes Solutions

In this paper we compute the numerical solutions of Navier-Stokes equations in the case of the two dimensional disk impulsively started in a uniform back- ground flow. We shall solve the Navier-Stokes equations (for different Reynolds numbers ranging from 1.5 · 10^3 up to 10^5 ) with a fully spectral numerical scheme. We shall give a description of unsteady separation process in terms of large and small scale interactions acting over the flow. The beginning of these interactions will be linked to the topological change of the streamwise pressure gradient on the disk. Moreover we shall see how these stages of separation are related to the complex singularities of the solution. Infact the ana…

Cross-diffusion driven instability for a Lotka-Volterra competitive reaction-diffusion system

In this work we investigate the possibility of the pattern formation for a reaction-di®usion system with nonlinear di®usion terms. Through a linear sta- bility analysis we ¯nd the conditions which allow a homogeneous steady state (stable for the kinetics) to become unstable through a Turing mechanism. In particular, we show how cross-di®usion e®ects are responsible for the initiation of spatial patterns. Finally, we ¯nd a Fisher amplitude equation which describes the weakly nonlinear dynamics of the system near the marginal stability.

Transition to turbulence and Singularity in Boundary Layer Theory

We compute the solutions of Prandtl’s and Navier- Stokes equations for the two dimensional flow induced by an array of periodic rectilinear vortices interacting with a boundary in the halfplane. This initial datum develops, in a finite time, a separation singularity for Prandtl’s equation. We investigate the different stages of unsteady separation in Navier-Stokes solutions for various Reynolds numbers. We show the presence of a large- scale interaction between viscous boundary layer and inviscid outer flow in all Re regimes, while the presence of a small-scale interaction is visible only for moderate-high Re numbers. We also investigate the asymptotic validity of boundary layer theory in t…

Well-posedness and singularity formation for the Camassa-Holm equation

We prove the well-posedness of Camassa--Holm equation in analytic function spaces both locally and globally in time, and we investigate numerically the phenomenon of singularity formation for particular initial data.

WAVE PROPAGATION AND PATTERN FORMATION FOR A REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM WITH NONLINEAR DIFFUSION

We investigate the formation of macroscopic spatio-temporal structures (patterns) for a reaction-diffusion system with nonlinear diffusion. We show that cross-diffusion effects are responsible of pattern initiation. Through a weakly nonlinear analysis we are able to predict the shape and the amplitude of the pattern. In the weakly nonlinear regime we derive the Ginzburg-Landau equation which captures the envelope evolution and the progressing of the pattern as a wave. Numerical simulations, performed using both a particle and a spectral method, are in good agreement with the analytical results.

Cross-diffusion driven instability for a nonlinear reaction-diffusion system

In this work we investigate the possibility of the pattern formation for a system of two coupled reaction-diffusion equations. The nonlinear diffusion terms has been introduced to describe the tendency of two competing species to diffuse faster (than predicted by the usual linear diffusion) toward lower densities areas. The reaction terms are chosen of the Lotka-Volterra type in the competitive interaction case. The system is supplemented with the initial conditions and no-flux boundary conditions. Through a linear stability analysis we find the conditions which allow a homogeneous steady state (stable for the kinetics) to become unstable through a Turing mechanism. In particular, we show h…