Noise-induced transitions past the onset of a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation: the case of the sudden expansion

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Main Authors: Ducimetière, Yves-Marie, Boujo, Edouard, Gallaire, François
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author Ducimetière, Yves-Marie
Boujo, Edouard
Gallaire, François
author_facet Ducimetière, Yves-Marie
Boujo, Edouard
Gallaire, François
contents We consider fluid flows, governed by the Navier-Stokes equations, subject to a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation and forced by a weak noise acting on a slow time scale. By generalizing the multiple-scale weakly nonlinear expansion technique employed in the literature for the response of the Duffing oscillator, we rigorously derive a stochastically forced Stuart-Landau equation for the dominant symmetry-breaking mode. The probability density function of the solution, and of the escape time from one attractor to the other, are then determined by solving the associated Fokker-Planck equation. The validity of this reduced order model is tested on the flow past a sudden expansion, for a given Reynolds number and different noise amplitudes. At a very low numerical cost, the statistics obtained from the amplitude equation accurately reproduce those of long-time direct numerical simulations.
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spellingShingle Noise-induced transitions past the onset of a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation: the case of the sudden expansion
Ducimetière, Yves-Marie
Boujo, Edouard
Gallaire, François
Fluid Dynamics
Statistical Mechanics
We consider fluid flows, governed by the Navier-Stokes equations, subject to a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation and forced by a weak noise acting on a slow time scale. By generalizing the multiple-scale weakly nonlinear expansion technique employed in the literature for the response of the Duffing oscillator, we rigorously derive a stochastically forced Stuart-Landau equation for the dominant symmetry-breaking mode. The probability density function of the solution, and of the escape time from one attractor to the other, are then determined by solving the associated Fokker-Planck equation. The validity of this reduced order model is tested on the flow past a sudden expansion, for a given Reynolds number and different noise amplitudes. At a very low numerical cost, the statistics obtained from the amplitude equation accurately reproduce those of long-time direct numerical simulations.
title Noise-induced transitions past the onset of a steady symmetry-breaking bifurcation: the case of the sudden expansion
topic Fluid Dynamics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06824