Title

Beltrami states for compressible barotropic flows

Authors

Authors

B. K. Shivamoggi;G. J. F. van Heijst

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Lett. A

Keywords

IDEAL; Physics, Multidisciplinary

Abstract

Beltrami states for compressible barotropic flows are deduced by minimizing the total kinetic energy while keeping the total helicity constant. A Hamiltonian basis for these Beltrami states is sketched. An interesting physical application of the compressible barotropic Beltrami state arises with the Kuzmin-Oseledets formulation of compressible Euler equations. Further, Ertel's invariant is shown to become degenerate in the compressible barotropic Beltrami state. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Physics Letters A

Volume

372

Issue/Number

35

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

5688

Last Page

5690

WOS Identifier

WOS:000259311600012

ISSN

0375-9601

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