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Nonexistence of Coherent Structures in Two-dimensional InviscidChannel Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2012

H. Kalisch
H. Kalisch*
Affiliation:
University of Bergen, Department of Mathematics, P.O. Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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⋆ Corresponding author. E-mail: henrik.kalisch@math.uib.no
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Abstract

Two-dimensional inviscid channel flow of an incompressible fluid is considered. It isshown that if the flow is steady and features no horizontal stagnation, then the flow mustnecessarily be a parallel shear flow.

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inviscid channel flowhodograph transformmaximum principlesteady flow

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Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena , Volume 7 , Issue 2: Solitary waves , 2012 , pp. 77 - 82
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© EDP Sciences, 2012

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