Lagrangian and Dirac constraints for the ideal incompressible fluid and magnetohydrodynamics
Journal Article
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· Journal of Plasma Physics
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); OSTI
- SITAEL S.p.A., Pisa, (Italy)
- Univ. of Pisa (Italy). Dipartimento di Fisica E. Fermi
The incompressibility constraint for fluid flow was imposed by Lagrange in the so-called Lagrangian variable description using his method of multipliers in the Lagrangian (variational) formulation. An alternative is the imposition of incompressibility in the Eulerian variable description by a generalization of Dirac’s constraint method using noncanonical Poisson brackets. Here it is shown how to impose the incompressibility constraint using Dirac’s method in terms of both the canonical Poisson brackets in the Lagrangian variable description and the noncanonical Poisson brackets in the Eulerian description, allowing for the advection of density. Both cases give the dynamics of infinite-dimensional geodesic flow on the group of volume preserving diffeomorphisms and explicit expressions for this dynamics in terms of the constraints and original variables is given. Since Lagrangian and Eulerian conservation laws are not identical, comparison of the various methods is made.
- Research Organization:
- University of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-04ER54742
- OSTI ID:
- 1800220
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Plasma Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Plasma Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 86; ISSN 0022-3778
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University PressCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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