Wencong Lai

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible Newtonian flow are given as:

u v w
+ +
=
0
x y z
2u 2u 2u
u
u
u
u
1 p
+u
+v
+w
=f x
+ 2 + 2 + 2
t
x
y
z
y
z
x
x

(2)

2v 2v 2v
v
v
v
v
1 p
+ u + v + w =f y
+ 2 + 2 + 2
t
x
y
z
y
z
y
x

(3)

2w 2w 2w
w
w
w
w
1 p
+u
+v
+w
=f z
+ 2 + 2 + 2
t
x
y
z
z
y
z
x

(4)

f x , f y , f z = [0, 0, g ]
[u0 ( x, y), v0 ( x, y), w0 = 0, p0 ( x, y, z )] satisfy

For

2D

(1)

plan

potential

flow

the

analytic

u0 v0 w0
+
+
=
0
x y
z

solutions

(5)

u0

u0
u
u
1 p0
0
+ v0 0 + w0 0 =
fx
=
x
x
y
z

(6)

u0

v0
v
v
1 p0
0
fy
+ v0 0 + w0 0 =
=
y
x
y
z

(7)

Assume a non-trivial solution that satisfy the N-S equations have the form
h(t )u0 ( x, y ), h(t )v0 ( x, y ), w 0] , then these solution will also satisfy the 2D plane
[ u , v, w] [ =
potential
flow
equations
(5)-(7),
and
thus
Eqn.
(1).
Substitute
h(t )u0 ( x, y ), h(t )v0 ( x, y ), w 0] into Eqns. (2)-(3), and subtract Eqns. (6)-(7), then
[ u , v, w] [ =
2u 2u 2u
h(t )
u0 (=
x, y ) h(t ) 20 + 20 + 20
t
y
z
x

(8)

2v 2v 2v
h(t )
v0 (=
x, y ) h(t ) 20 + 20 + 20
t
y
z
x

(9)

Where the solution of h(t) to Eqns (8)-(9) is

2 u 2 u 2 u t
2 v0 2 v0 2 v0 t
h(t ) exp 20 + 20 + 20 =
=
exp

2 + 2 + 2

y
z v0
x
y
z
u

(10)

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So any non-trivial solutions that satisfy u0 ( x, y ) = v0 ( x, y ) will be the solution of Eqn. (10), and
h(t) will increase with time.
u=
v=
e x y
(11)
0 ( x, y )
0 ( x, y )
So the solution is
=
[u, v, w, p ] e2t + x y , e2t + x y , w const , gz
(12)

Which will blow up as time increases.