Disconnected stationary solutions for 3D Kolmogorov flow problem: preliminary results

Abstract

Abstract The extension of the classical A.N. Kolmogorov’s flow problem for the stationary 3D Navier-Stokes equations on a stretched torus for velocity vector function is considered. A spectral Fourier method with the Leray projection is used to solve the problem numerically. The resulting system of nonlinear equations is used to perform numerical bifurcation analysis. The problem is analyzed by constructing solution curves in the parameter-phase space using previously developed deflated pseudo arc-length continuation method. Disconnected solutions from the main solution branch are found. These results are preliminary and shall be generalized elsewhere.