Inertial energy dissipation for weak solutions of incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

We study the local equation of energy for weak solutions of three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes and Euler equations. We define a dissipation term D (u ) which stems from an eventual lack of smoothness in the solution u . We give in passing a simple proof of Onsager's conjecture on energy conservation for the three-dimensional Euler equation, slightly weakening the assumption of Constantin et al . We suggest calling weak solutions with non-negative D (u ) `dissipative'.