Asymptotic solutions of a magnetohydrodynamic system which describe smoothed discontinuities

Asymptotic solutions of a nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic system rapidly varying near moving surfaces are described. It is shown that the motion of jump surfaces is determined from a free boundary problem, while the main part of the asymptotics satisfies a system of equations on the moving surface. In the “nondegenerate” case, this system turns out to be linear, while, under the additional condition that the normal component of the magnetic field vanishes, it becomes nonlinear. In the latter case, the small magnetic field instantaneously increases to a value of order 1.     

On Complex-Lamellar Motion of a Prim Gas

An intrinsic formulation of Prim's canonical equations of gas dynamics is employed to establish a generalization of Crocco's theorem to complex-lamellar motion. This new result is then employed to establish the existence of a Heisenberg spin-type equation in such motion. The optimal coordinate systems in the generalized Lagrangian method which are known to exist only in complex-lamellar motion are then shown by intrinsic geometric methods to correspond to a marching direction along geodesics on generalized Bernoulli surfaces.     

Constant mean curvature tori with spherical curvature lines in noneuclidean geometry

A previous result in Euclidean geometry [7] on H-tori with plane and spherical curvature lines is extended here to the two noneuclidean geometries. There result families of H-tori with only spherical curvature lines, which are explicitly representable by elliptic and theta functions (or ordinary integrals of elementary functions). Among the geometric properties, it is shown that the midpoints of the generating spheres vary on geodesics. The hyperbolic case is more similar to the Euclidean situation than the elliptic one. In elliptic geometry the constructed surfaces depend on one additional rational parameter and, as a limiting case, there are even countably many minimal tori of this type.     

Laminar magnetohydrodynamic duct flow in the presence of a magnetic dipole

We study magnetohydrodynamic flow of a liquid metal in a straight duct. The magnetic field is produced by an exterior magnetic dipole. This basic configuration is of fundamental interest for Lorentz force velocimetry (LFV), where the Lorentz force opposing the relative motion of conducting medium and magnetic field is measured to determine the flow velocity. The Lorentz force acts in equal strength but opposite direction on the flow as well as on the dipole. We are interested in the dependence of the velocity on the flow rate and on strength of the magnetic field as well as on geometric parameters such as distance and position of the dipole relative to the duct. To this end, we perform numerical simulations with an accurate finite-difference method in the limit of small magnetic Reynolds number, whereby the induced magnetic field is assumed to be small compared with the external applied field. The hydrodynamic Reynolds number is also assumed to be small so that the flow remains laminar. The simulations allow us to quantify the magnetic obstacle effect as a potential complication for local flow measurement with LFV. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

An Invariant Theory of Spacelike Surfaces in the Four-dimensional Minkowski Space

We consider spacelike surfaces in the four-dimensional Minkowski space and introduce geometrically an invariant linear map of Weingarten-type in the tangent plane at any point of the surface under consideration. This allows us to introduce principal lines and an invariant moving frame field. Writing derivative formulas of Frenet-type for this frame field, we obtain eight invariant functions. We prove a fundamental theorem of Bonnet-type, stating that these eight invariants under some natural conditions determine the surface up to a motion. We show that the basic geometric classes of spacelike surfaces in the four-dimensional Minkowski space, determined by conditions on their invariants, can be interpreted in terms of the properties of the two geometric figures: the tangent indicatrix, and the normal curvature ellipse. We apply our theory to a class of spacelike general rotational surfaces.     

The dynamics of magnetic flows for energies above Mañé’s critical value

We show that, for energies above Mañé’s critical value, minimal magnetic geodesics are Riemannian (A, 0)-quasi-geodesics whereA→1 as the energy tends to infinity. As a consequence, on negatively curved manifolds, minimal magnetic geodesics lie in tubes around Riemannian geodesics.Finally, we investigate a natural metric introduced by Mañé via the so-called action potential. Although this magnetic metric does depend on the magnetic field, the associated magnetic length turns out to be just the Riemannian length.     

Fredholm vector fields and a transversality theorem

We define the notion of a Fredholm vector field and prove a transversality result giving conditions under which a vertical family of such vector fields generically have nondegenerate zeros. Many geometric objects like minimal surfaces, geodesics, and harmonic maps arise as the zeros of a Fredholm vector field.     

The Geodesics of Metric Connections with Vectorial Torsion

The present note deals with the dynamics of metric connections with vectorial torsion, as already described by E. Cartan in 1925. We show that the geodesics of metric connections with vectorial torsion defined by gradient vector fields coincide with the Levi-Civita geodesics of a conformally equivalent metric. By pullback, this yields a systematic way of constructing invariants of motion for such connections from isometries of the conformally equivalent metric, and we explain in as much this result generalizes the Mercator projection which maps sphere loxodromes to straight lines in the plane. An example shows that Beltrami's theorem fails for this class of connections. We then study the system of differential equations describing geodesics in the plane for vector fields which are not gradients, and show among others that the Hopf–Rinow theorem does also not hold in general.     

Classical motions of infinitesimal rotators on Mylar balloons

This paper starts with the derivation of the most general equations of motion for the infinitesimal rotators moving on arbitrary two-dimensional surfaces of revolution. Both geodesic and geodetic (i.e., without any external potential) equations of motion on surfaces with nontrivial curvatures that are embedded into the three-dimensional Euclidean space are discussed. The Mylar balloon as a concrete example for the application of the scheme was chosen. A new parameterization of this surface is presented, and the corresponding equations of motion for geodesics and geodetics are expressed in an analytical form through the elliptic functions and elliptic integrals. The so-obtained results are also compared with those for the two-dimensional sphere embedded into the three-dimensional Euclidean space for which it can be shown that the geodesics and geodetics are plane curves realized as the great and small circles on the sphere, respectively.     

Lightlike surfaces of Darboux-like indicatrixes and binormal indicatrixes of spacelike curves in lightcone 3-space

In this paper, by introducing a new frame on spacelike curves lying in lightcone 3-space, we investigate the geometric properties of the lightlike surface of the Darboux-like indicatrix and the lightlike surface of the binormal indicatrix generated by spacelike curves in lightcone 3-space. As an extension of our previous work and an application of the singularity theory, the singularities of the lightlike surfaces of the Darboux-like indicatrix and the lightlike surface of the binormal indicatrix are classified, several new invariants of spacelike curves are discovered to be useful for characterizing these singularities, meanwhile, it is found that the new invariants also measure the order of contact between spacelike curves or principal normal indicatrixes of spacelike curves located in lightcone 3-space and two-dimensional lightcone whose vertices are at the singularities of lightlike surfaces. One concrete example is provided to illustrate our results.     

Stable projective planes with Riemannian metrics

We consider the question whether the system of lines of a two-dimensional stable plane can be described as the system of geodesics of a Riemannian metric and vice versa; we present two results: A complete two-dimensional Riemannian manifold with the property that every two points are joined by a unique geodesic and its family of geodesics form a stable plane. On the other hand every stable projective plane whose lines are geodesics of a Riemannian metric is isometric to the real projective plane. Combining both results it follows that it is impossible to realize the lines of a non-desarguesian projective plane using the geodesics of a complete Riemannian manifold.     

Study of the effect of viscosity and homogeneous horizontal magnetic field on Rayleigh‐Taylor instability

Effect of the viscosity on Rayleigh‐Taylor instability for two contiguous semi‐infinite fluids, in presence of a homogeneous horizontal magnetic field permeating both fluids is investigated. These fluids are incompressible, are arranged in horizontal strata and infinitely conducting. Only the linear terms in the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations are considered. The gravitational acceleration was constant. The dispersion relation that defines the growth rate σ for the system has been defined as a function of the physical parameters of the system and was solved numerically.     

Simulation of Multibody Systems with Nonholonomic Constraints

The paper deals with the nonholonomic multibody system dynamics from a point of view resulting from some present applications in high‐tec areas like high‐speed train technology or biomechanics of some disciplines in high‐performance sports. A formulation of nonholonomic constraints which are linear related to generalized velocities is based on a derivative‐free approach for generating Lagrangian motion equations of multibody systems with kinematical tree structure as well as for constrained multibody systems. This has been done by using di.erential‐geometric concepts in a Riemannian space. The ideas are illustrated by the classical edge condition on double‐curved surfaces. The surfaces are described by C²‐vector functions, for example by NURBS‐approximation. As an example a bobsleigh is regarded moving on a double‐curved surface.     

Global existence of solutions to a magnetohydrodynamic‐omega model

In this paper, some sufficient conditions in terms of the magnetic field are established to guarantee global existence of solutions to a magnetohydrodynamic‐omega model.     

Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective or complex hyperbolic planes

A Lagrangian submanifold is called Maslovian if its mean curvature vector H is nowhere zero and its Maslov vector field JH is a principal direction of A_H . In this article we classify Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective plane CP ² as well as in complex hyperbolic plane CH ². We prove that there exist 14 families of Maslovian Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in CP ² and 41 families in CH ². All of the Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature obtained from these families admit a unit length Killing vector field whose integral curves are geodesics of the Lagrangian surfaces. Conversely, locally (in a neighborhood of each point belonging to an open dense subset) every Maslovian Lagrangian surface of constant curvature in CP ² or in CH ² is a surface obtained from these 55 families. As an immediate by‐product, we provide new methods to construct explicitly many new examples of Lagrangian surfaces of constant curvature in complex projective and complex hyperbolic planes which admit a unit length Killing vector field. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Blowup of smooth solution for non‐isentropic magnetohydrodynamic equations without heat conductivity

In this paper, we establish a blow‐up criterion for the three‐dimentional viscous, compressible magnetohydrodynamic flows. It is shown that for the Cauchy problem and the initial‐boundary‐value problem with initial density allowed to vanish, the strong or smooth solution for the three‐dimentional magnetohydrodynamic flows exists globally if the density, temperature, and magnetic field is bounded from above. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Closed geodesics on piecewise smooth constant curvature surfaces of revolution

The paper develops a study of closed geodesics on piecewise smooth constant curvature surfaces of revolution initiated by I.V. Sypchenko and D. S. Timonina. The case of constant negative curvature is considered. Closed geodesics on a surface formed by a union of two Beltrami surfaces are studied. All closed geodesics without self-intersections are found and tested for stability in a certain finite-dimensional class of perturbations. Conjugate points are found partly.     

几种特殊曲面上的测地线

具体刻画了柱面、锥面、旋转曲面上测地线的几何特征,所得结果一方面匡正了某些文献关于锥面上测地线的错误断言,一方面推广了现有文献关于旋转曲面上测地线几何性质的描述.     

Minimal geodesics on groups of volume‐preserving maps and generalized solutions of the Euler equations

The three‐dimensional motion of an incompressible inviscid fluid is classically described by the Euler equations but can also be seen, following Arnold [1], as a geodesic on a group of volume‐preserving maps. Local existence and uniqueness of minimal geodesics have been established by Ebin and Marsden [16]. In the large, for a large class of data, the existence of minimal geodesics may fail, as shown by Shnirelman [26]. For such data, we show that the limits of approximate solutions are solutions of a suitable extension of the Euler equations or, equivalently, are sharp measure‐valued solutions to the Euler equations in the sense of DiPerna and Majda [14]. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

BMO and the regularity criterion for weak solutions to the magnetohydrodynamic equations

In this paper, we study the regularity criterion for weak solutions to the incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations. We derive the regularity of weak solutions in the marginal class. Moreover, our result demonstrates that the velocity field of the fluid plays a more dominant role than the magnetic field does on the regularity of solutions to the magnetohydrodynamic equations.