Differential invariants for flows of fluids and gases

Abstract

This paper surveys results found by the authors in the previous papers (see for example, A. Duyunova, V. Lychagin, S. Tychkov, Differential invariants for spherical layer flows of a viscid fluid, Journal of Geometry and Physics, 130, 288-292 (2018)) concerning calculation and classification of symmetry Lie algebra and differential invariants for a variety of fundamental systems in fluid mechanics, including the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations on a plane, three-dimensional space, a sphere, and a spherical layer. In each case, the symmetry Lie algebra is found, followed by a list of generating differential invariants and invariant derivations for the group action. The main extension is a detailed analysis of thermodynamic states, symmetries, and differential invariants. This analysis is based on consideration of Riemannian structure naturally associated with Lagrangian manifolds that represent thermodynamic states. This approach radically changes the description of the thermodynamic part of the symmetry algebra as well as the field of differential invariants.