Diffusion in Fluid Flow: Dissipation Enhancement by Flows in 2D

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2007-01-04

arxiv.org/abs/math/0701123v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

35 pp

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We consider the advection-diffusion equation \[ \phi_t + Au \cdot \nabla \phi = \Delta \phi, \qquad \phi(0,x)=\phi_0(x) \] on $\bbR^2$, with $u$ a periodic incompressible flow and $A\gg 1$ its amplitude. We provide a sharp characterization of all $u$ that optimally enhance dissipation in the sense that for any initial datum $\phi_0\in L^p(\bbR^2)$, $p<\infty$, and any $\tau>0$, \[ \|\phi(\cdot,\tau)\|_{L^\infty(\bbR^2)} \to 0 \qquad \text{as $A\to\infty$.} \] Our characterization is expressed in terms of simple geometric and spectral conditions on the flow. Moreover, if the above convergence holds, it is uniform for $\phi_0$ in the unit ball of $L^p(\mathbb{R}^2)$, $p<\infty$, and $\|\cdot\|_\infty$ can be replaced by any $\|\cdot\|_q$, $q>p$. Extensions to higher dimensions and applications to reaction-advection-diffusion equations are also considered.

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