Isovortical Orbits in Uniformly Rotating Coordinates

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Sep 1986

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Celestial Mechanics, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp.249-266

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For the conservative, two degree-of-freedom system with autonomous potential functionV(x,y) in rotating coordinates; dot u - 2n\upsilon = V_x , dot \upsilon + 2nu = V_y , vorticity (v x -u y ) is constant along the orbit when the relative velocity field is divergence-free such that: u(x,y,t) = ψ _y , \upsilon (x,y,t) = - ψ _x . Unlike isoenergetic reduction using the Jacobi, integral and eliminating the time,non-singular reduction from fourth to second-order occurs when (u,v) are determined explicitly as functions of their arguments by solving for ψ (x, y, t). The orbit function ψ satisfies a second-order, non-linear partial differential equation of the Monge Ampere type: 2(ψ _{xx} ψ _{yy} - ψ _{xy}^2 ) - 2(ψ _{xx} + ψ _{yy} ) + V_{xx} + V_{yy} = 0 . Isovortical orbits in the rotating frame arenot level curves of ψ because it contains time explicitly due to coriolis effects. Rather, (x, y) coordinates along the orbit are obtained, from (u, v) either by numerical integration of the kinematic equations, or by partial differentiation of the Legendre transform ⋏ of ψ. In the latter case, ⋏ is shown to satisfy a non-linear, second-order partial differential equation in three independent variables, derived from the Monge-Ampere Equation. Complete reduction to quadrature is possible when space-time symmetries exist, as in the case of central force motion.

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