Ergodicity in randomly forced Rayleigh-Bénard convection
We consider the Boussinesq approximation for Rayleigh-Bénard convection perturbed by an additive noise and with boundary conditions corresponding to heating from below. In two space dimensions, with sufficient stochastic forcing in the temperature component and large Prandtl number Pr > 0, we e...
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Published in | Nonlinearity Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 3309 - 3345 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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IOP Publishing
01.11.2016
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Summary: | We consider the Boussinesq approximation for Rayleigh-Bénard convection perturbed by an additive noise and with boundary conditions corresponding to heating from below. In two space dimensions, with sufficient stochastic forcing in the temperature component and large Prandtl number Pr > 0, we establish the existence of a unique ergodic invariant measure. In three space dimensions, we prove the existence of a statistically invariant state, and establish unique ergodicity for the infinite Prandtl Boussinesq system. Throughout this work we provide streamlined proofs of unique ergodicity which invoke an asymptotic coupling argument, a delicate usage of the maximum principle, and exponential martingale inequalities. Lastly, we show that the background method of Constantin and Doering (1996 Nonlinearity 9 1049-60) can be applied in our stochastic setting, and prove bounds on the Nusselt number relative to the unique invariant measure. |
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Bibliography: | NON-101284.R1 London Mathematical Society |
ISSN: | 0951-7715 1361-6544 |
DOI: | 10.1088/0951-7715/29/11/3309 |