On the strength of the nonlinearity in isotropic turbulence
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DOI10.1017/JFM.2013.405zbMATH Open1294.76157arXiv1308.0213OpenAlexW3104384157MaRDI QIDQ2878393FDOQ2878393
Authors: W. J. T. Bos, R. Rubinstein 
Publication date: 29 August 2014
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Turbulence governed by the Navier-Stokes equations shows a tendency to evolve towards a state in which the nonlinearity is diminished. In fully developed turbulence this tendency can be measured by comparing the variance of the nonlinear term to the variance of the same quantity measured in a Gaussian field with the same energy distribution. In order to study this phenomenon at high Reynolds numbers, a version of the Direct Interaction Approximation is used to obtain a closed expression for the statistical average of the mean-square nonlinearity. The wavenumber spectrum of the mean-square nonlinear term is evaluated and its scaling in the inertial range is investigated as a function of the Reynolds number. Its scaling is dominated by the sweeping by the energetic scales, but this sweeping is weaker than predicted by a random sweeping estimate. At inertial range scales, the depletion of nonlinearity as a function of the wavenumber is observed to be constant. At large it is observed that the mean-square nonlinearity is larger than its Gaussian estimate, which is shown to be related to the non-Gaussianity of the Reynolds-stress fluctuations at these scales.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.0213
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