A Variational Approach to Estimate Incompressible Fluid Flows
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چکیده
A variational approach is used to recover fluid motion governed by Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations. Unlike previous approaches where optical flow method is used to track rigid body motion, this new framework aims at investigating incompressible flows using optical flow techniques. We formulate a minimization problem and determine conditions under which unique solution exists. Numerical results using finite element method not only support theoretical results but also show that Stokes flow forced by a potential are recovered almost exactly.
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