Potential landscape and flux field theory for turbulence and nonequilibrium fluid systems

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2017.12.001zbMATH Open1384.76031arXiv1609.01430OpenAlexW3103678149MaRDI QIDQ1745282FDOQ1745282

Authors: Wei Wu, Feng Zhang, Jin Wang 

Publication date: 17 April 2018

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Turbulence is a paradigm for far-from-equilibrium systems without time reversal symmetry. To capture the nonequilibrium irreversible nature of turbulence and investigate its implications, we develop a potential landscape and flux field theory for turbulent flow and more general nonequilibrium fluid systems governed by stochastic Navier-Stokes equations. We find that equilibrium fluid systems with time reversibility are characterized by a detailed balance constraint that quantifies the detailed balance condition. In nonequilibrium fluid systems with nonequilibrium steady states, detailed balance breaking leads directly to a pair of interconnected consequences, namely, the non-Gaussian potential landscape and the irreversible probability flux, forming a 'nonequilibrium trinity'. The nonequilibrium trinity characterizes the nonequilibrium irreversible essence of fluid systems with intrinsic time irreversibility and is manifested in various aspects of these systems. The nonequilibrium stochastic dynamics of fluid systems including turbulence with detailed balance breaking is shown to be driven by both the non-Gaussian potential landscape gradient and the irreversible probability flux, together with the reversible convective force and the stochastic stirring force. We reveal an underlying connection of the energy flux essential for turbulence energy cascade to the irreversible probability flux and the non-Gaussian potential landscape generated by detailed balance breaking. Using the energy flux as a center of connection, we demonstrate that the four-fifths law in fully developed turbulence is a consequence and reflection of the nonequilibrium trinity. We also show how the nonequilibrium trinity can affect the scaling laws in turbulence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01430

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zbMATH Keywords

turbulencestochastic Navier-Stokes equationprobability fluxpotential landscapedetailed balance breakingnonequilibrium trinity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations (35Q30) Turbulence (76F99)

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