Application of Onsager's Variational Principle to the Navier-Stokes Equations

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contents In this note we propose a basic $L^2$-based approach for studying the global and local energy equalities of the incompressible 3D Navier-Stokes equations in the standard energy class on $\mathbb{T}^3 \times (0,T]$. Motivated by L. Onsager's principle of least dissipation of energy (1931), we give a new sufficient condition for the energy equalities in terms of the limit of a sequence of minimizers. In particular, we show that the equalities are attained if this limit is non-vanishing. We observe that the indeterminacy in the vanishing case is reminiscent of turbulence-driven energy transfer dominating other transport processes.
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spellingShingle Application of Onsager's Variational Principle to the Navier-Stokes Equations
Said, Hamid A.
Analysis of PDEs
Fluid Dynamics
In this note we propose a basic $L^2$-based approach for studying the global and local energy equalities of the incompressible 3D Navier-Stokes equations in the standard energy class on $\mathbb{T}^3 \times (0,T]$. Motivated by L. Onsager's principle of least dissipation of energy (1931), we give a new sufficient condition for the energy equalities in terms of the limit of a sequence of minimizers. In particular, we show that the equalities are attained if this limit is non-vanishing. We observe that the indeterminacy in the vanishing case is reminiscent of turbulence-driven energy transfer dominating other transport processes.
title Application of Onsager's Variational Principle to the Navier-Stokes Equations
topic Analysis of PDEs
Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24033