Stretching in a model of a turbulent flow

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2008.10.013MaRDI QIDQ1008638zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrew W. Baggaley, C. F. Barenghi, A. Shukurov

Publication date 30 March 2009

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4266

zbMATH Keywords

chaos in fluid dynamicshomogeneous turbulenceisotropic turbulenceLyapunov exponentsturbulence simulation and modeling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for ergodic theory (approximation of invariant measures, computation of Lyapunov exponents, entropy, etc.) (37M25) Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Dynamical systems approach to turbulence (76F20)

Abstract: Using a multi-scaled, chaotic flow known as the KS model of turbulence, we investigate the dependence of Lyapunov exponents on various characteristics of the flow. We show that the KS model yields a power law relation between the Reynolds number and the maximum Lyapunov exponent, which is similar to that for a turbulent flow with the same energy spectrum. Our results show that the Lyapunov exponents are sensitive to the advection of small eddies by large eddies, which can be explained by considering the Lagrangian correlation time of the smallest scales. We also relate the number of stagnation points within a flow to the maximum Lyapunov exponent, and suggest a linear dependence between the two characteristics.

Review text

A multi-scaled, chaotic flow known as the Kinematic Simulation (KS) model of turbulence [\textit{J. C. H. Fung, J. C. R. Hunt, N. A. Malik} and \textit{R. J. Perkins}, J. Fluid Mech. 236, 281--318 (1992; Zbl 0764.76028)] is considered. For this model, the dependence of Lyapunov exponents on various characteristics of the flow is investigated. It is shown that the KS model yields a power law relation between the Reynolds number and the maximum Lyapunov exponent, which is similar to that for a turbulent flow with the same energy spectrum. The obtained results show that the Lyapunov exponents are sensitive to the advection of small eddies by large eddies , which can be explained by considering the Lagrangian correlation time of the smallest scales. The relation between the number of stagnation points within a flow and the maximum Lyapunov exponent is outlined. The results suggest a linear dependence between the two characteristics.

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