An Exact Solution for the Forced Burgers Equation

  • Stephan Eule
  • Rudolf Friedrich
Part of the Springer Proceedings in Physics book series (SPPHY, volume 109)

Abstract

We derive the exact solution for the Burgers equation with a time dependent forcing, which depends linearly on the spatial coordinate. For the case of a stochastic time dependence an exact expression for the joint probability distribution for the velocity fields at multiple spatial points is obtained. We present numerical results for fixed boundary conditions, and analyze the formation of shocks.

Keywords

Burger Equation Solvability Condition Joint Probability Distribution Spatial Coordinate Random Force 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Stephan Eule
    • 1
  • Rudolf Friedrich
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute of Theoretical Physics Westfälische Wilhelms Universität
  2. 2.Institute of Theoretical Physics Westfälische Wilhelms Universität

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