Euler-Poincaré Dynamics of Perfect Complex Fluids

Darryl D. Holm

Chapter 4 in Geometry, Mechanics, and Dynamics, 2002, pp 169-180 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Lagrangian reduction by stages is used to derive the Euler-Poincaré equations for the nondissipative coupled motion and micromotion of complex fluids. We mainly treat perfect complex fluids (PCFs) whose order parameters are continuous material variables. These order parameters may be regarded geometrically either as objects in a vector space, or as coset spaces of Lie symmetry groups with respect to subgroups that leave these objects invariant. Examples include liquid crystals, superfluids, Yang-Mills magnetofluids and spin-glasses. A Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian formulation of the dynamics for perfect complex fluids is obtained by Legendre transforming the Euler-Poincaré formulation. These dynamics are also derived by using the Clebsch approach. In the Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulations of perfect complex fluid dynamics Lie algebras containing two-cocycles arise as a characteristic feature. After discussing these geometrical formulations of the dynamics of perfect complex fluids, we give an example of how to introduce defects into the order parameter as imperfections (e.g., vortices) that carry their own momentum. The defects may move relative to the Lagrangian fluid material and thereby produce additional reactive forces and stresses.

Keywords: Liquid Crystal; Poisson Bracket; Action Principle; Nematic Liquid Crystal; Hamiltonian Matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-21791-6_4

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