Chaotic dynamics in a strained rotating flow: a precessing plane fluid layer

Mason, R. M., & Kerswell, R. R. (2002). Chaotic dynamics in a strained rotating flow: A precessing plane fluid layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 471, 71–106. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112002001994

The inertial waves

The inertial waves which statisfy

ut+2z^×u+p=0,\frac{\partial\vec{u}}{\partial t}+2\hat{z}\times\vec{u}+\nabla p=0,

u=0,w(x,y,±12)=0,\nabla\cdot\vec{u}=0,\quad w(x,y,\pm\frac{1}{2})=0,

are

[uvwp]=(k2(kxλ2iky)cos(nπ[z+12])/4k2k2(kyλ+2ikx)cos(nπ[z+12])/4k2ikzsin(nπ[z+12])/λcos(nπ[z+12]))exp(i(kxx+kyy+λt)),(4.4)\left[\begin{array}{c} u \\ v \\ w \\ p\end{array}\right]= \left( \begin{array}{c} k^2(k_x\lambda-2ik_y)\cos(n\pi[z+\frac{1}{2}])/4k_\perp^2 \\ k^2(k_y\lambda+2ik_x)\cos(n\pi[z+\frac{1}{2}])/4k_\perp^2 \\ -ik_z\sin(n\pi[z+\frac{1}{2}])/\lambda \\ \cos(n\pi[z+\frac{1}{2}]) \end{array} \right) \exp(i(k_xx+k_yy+\lambda t)),\tag{4.4}

with the dispersion relation

λ=±2kzk.(4.5)\lambda=\frac{\pm 2k_z}{k}.\tag{4.5}

The derivation:

{ut+2z^×u+p=0[up]=[uvwp]exp(i(kxx+kyy+λt)){u=u(p)v=v(p)w=w(p)\left\{ \begin{array}{l} \dfrac{\partial\vec{u}}{\partial t}+2\hat{z}\times\vec{u}+\nabla p=0 \\ \left[ \begin{array}{c} \vec{u} \\ p \end{array} \right]= \left[ \begin{array}{c} u \\ v \\ w \\ p \end{array} \right]\exp(i(k_xx+k_yy+\lambda t)) \end{array} \right.\Rightarrow \left\{ \begin{array}{l} u=u(p) \\ v=v(p) \\ w=w(p) \end{array} \right.

{u=0w(x,y,±12)=0p\left\{ \begin{array}{l} \nabla\cdot\vec{u}=0 \\ w(x,y,\pm\frac{1}{2})=0 \end{array} \right. \Rightarrow p


Chaotic dynamics in a strained rotating flow: a precessing plane fluid layer
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