1209.4251 (Stephen C. Anco)

New conserved vorticity integrals for moving surfaces in
multi-dimensional fluid flow    [PDF]

Stephen C. Anco

For inviscid fluid flow in any n-dimensional Riemannian manifold, new conserved vorticity integrals generalizing helicity, enstrophy, and entropy circulation are derived for lower-dimensional surfaces that move along fluid streamlines. Conditions are determined for which the integrals yield constants of motion for the fluid. In the case when an inviscid fluid is isentropic, these new constants of motion generalize Kelvin's circulation theorem from closed loops to closed surfaces of any dimension.

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