Blowup in Stagnation-point Form Solutions of the Inviscid 2d Boussinesq Equations

The 2d Boussinesq equations model large scale atmospheric and oceanic flows. Whether its solutions develop a singularity in finite-time remains a classical open problem in mathematical fluid dynamics. In this work, blowup from smooth nontrivial initial velocities in stagnation-point form solutions of this system is established. On an infinite strip $\Omega=\{(x,y)\in[0,1]\times\mathbb{R}^+\}$, we consider velocities of the form $u=(f(t,x),-yf_x(t,x))$, with scalar temperature\, $\theta=y\rho(t,x)$. Assuming $f_x(0,x)$ attains its global maximum only at points $x_i^*$ located on the boundary of $[0,1]$, general criteria for finite-time blowup of the vorticity $-yf_{xx}(t,x_i^*)$ and the time integral of $f_x(t,x_i^*)$ are presented. Briefly, for blowup to occur it is sufficient that $\rho(0,x)\geq0$ and $f(t,x_i^*)=\rho(0,x_i^*)=0$, while $-yf_{xx}(0,x_i^*)\neq0$. To illustrate how vorticity may suppress blowup, we also construct a family of global exact solutions. A local-existence result and additional regularity criteria in terms of the time integral of $\left\|f_x(t,\cdot)\right\|_{L^\infty([0,1])}$ are also provided.Comment: Minor typos corrected and streamlined the presentatio

Two regularity criteria for the 3D MHD equations

This work establishes two regularity criteria for the 3D incompressible MHD equations. The first one is in terms of the derivative of the velocity field in one-direction while the second one requires suitable boundedness of the derivative of the pressure in one-direction

An incompressible 2D didactic model with singularity and explicit solutions of the 2D Boussinesq equations

We give an example of a well posed, finite energy, 2D incompressible active scalar equation with the same scaling as the surface quasi-geostrophic equation and prove that it can produce finite time singularities. In spite of its simplicity, this seems to be the first such example. Further, we construct explicit solutions of the 2D Boussinesq equations whose gradients grow exponentially in time for all time. In addition, we introduce a variant of the 2D Boussinesq equations which is perhaps a more faithful companion of the 3D axisymmetric Euler equations than the usual 2D Boussinesq equations.Comment: 9 pages; simplified a solution formula in section 4 and added a sentence on the time growth rate in the solutio