Open AccessVORTICES ON A SPHERE
Author(s) -
Ghada Alobaidi,
Michael C. Haslam,
Roland Mallier
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mathematical modelling and analysis/mathematical modeling and analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1648-3510
pISSN - 1392-6292
DOI - 10.3846/13926292.2006.9637323
Subject(s) - vortex , surface (topology) , stream function , nonlinear system , mathematics , function (biology) , mathematical analysis , classical mechanics , geometry , physics , mechanics , vorticity , quantum mechanics , evolutionary biology , biology
We consider flows on a spherical surface and use a streamfunction formulation to derive a nonlinear equation governing steady-state flows in that geometry. We present some new vortex solutions to this equation.