Scaling of the maximum-entropy turbulence energy spectra

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHFLU.2021.01.011MaRDI QIDQ2055503zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 1 December 2021

Published in European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.05430

zbMATH Keywords

inertial scalinglog-normal energy spectral functionmaximum entropy principleReynolds number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fundamentals of turbulence (76F02) Thermodynamics of continua (80A17)

Abstract: The log-normal type of turbulence energy spectral function, derived from the maximum entropy principle, is shown to be parameterizable in terms of root turbulence variables including the Reynolds number. The spectral function is first compared with a number of experimental data sets, showing a very close agreement across the entire energy and length (wavenumber) scales. The peak wavenumber (m) and the width parameter (C2) prescribe the spectral location and broadening, respectively, when the Reynolds number increases, where C2 has ~ 1/Rem dependence. The energy scale is adjusted with a multiplicative factor. In this perspective, the inertial scaling from k-3 to k-5/3 when the flow transitions from two- to three-dimensions is explained as the increase in spectral width since the range of scales increases as Re1/6 and Re3/4 for two and three-dimensional turbulence, respectively. Energy spectra at various locations in channel flows are also reproduced using the same function, indicating applicability wherever local equilibrium is achieved. Therefore, based on a small number of scaling parameters the full energy spectra can be prescribed using the maximum-entropy formalism.

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