Turbulence phenomena for viscous fluids by a phase field model. Vorticies and instability

TL;DR

This paper introduces a phase field model combining Ginzburg-Landau and Navier-Stokes equations to analyze turbulence, vortex formation, and flow instabilities in viscous fluids, linking thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.

Contribution

It develops a novel second order phase transition model that explains turbulence and vortex phenomena, including tornadoes, using thermodynamic and instability mechanisms.

Findings

Turbulence explained by instability effects from a double well potential.

Coriolis force influences vortex rotation direction.

Model unifies turbulence, vortex formation, and flow instabilities.

Abstract

Through Ginzburg-Landau and Navier-Stokes equations, we study turbulence phenomena for viscous incompresible and compressible fluids by a second order phase transition. For this model, the velocity is defined by the sum of classical and whirling components. Moreover, the laminar-turbulent transition is controlled by rotational effects of the fluid. Hence, the thermodynamic compatibility of the differential system is proved. This model can explain the turbulence by instability effects motivated by a double well potential of the Ginzburg-Landau equation. The same model is used to understand the origins of tornadoe and the birth of the vortices resulting from the fall of water in a vertical tube. Finally, we demonstrate how the weak Coriolis force is able to change the direction of rotation of the vortices by modifying the minima of the phase field potential.