Variational Principle and Stochastic Lagrangian Formulation of Viscous Hydrodynamic Equations

Abstract

In this manuscript, we extend Constantin-Iyer's Lagrangian formulation of Navier-Stokes Equation to a wider class of hydrodynamic models. Moreover, we prove that such Lagrangian formulation is naturally derived from a stochastic Hamilton-Pontryagin type variational principle. Generalized version of Kelvin circulation theorem in viscous fluids is also discussed. We also derive self-contained local well-posedness results of fluid models based on Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation using fixed point argument.

37 pages