Topology of two-dimensional flow associated with degenerate dividing streamline on a free surface

Deliceoglu A.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, cilt.24, ss.77-101, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s0956792512000319
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-101
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Topology of two-dimensional flow associated with degenerate dividing streamline on a free surface is analysed from a topological point of view by considering the critical point concept. Streamline patterns and their bifurcations in the vicinity of a free surface were investigated by Brons (Brons, M. (1994) Topological fluid dynamics of interfacial flows. Phys. Fluids 6, 2730-2736). Brons's work is extended to the case of a stream function, including the fourth-order normal form approach. From this, a complete description of bifurcations which can occur in two-dimensional incompressible flow is obtained up to codimension three. The theory is applied to the patterns found numerically in a roll coater.