Dissipation-scale fluctuations and mixing transition in turbulent flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112008001791MaRDI QIDQ3533761zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Victor Yakhot

Publication date 24 October 2008

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.4457

zbMATH Keywords

mean scalar dissipation scalereaction ratescalar dissipation scales

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

Abstract: Small separation between reactants, not exceeding $10^{-8}-10^{-7}cm$, is the necessary condition for various chemical reactions. It is shown that random advection and stretching by turbulence leads to formation of scalar-enriched sheets of {it strongly fluctuating thickness} $et{a}_c$. The molecular-level mixing is achieved by diffusion across these sheets (interfaces) separating the reactants. Since diffusion time scale is $a{u}_{d}proptoet{a}_c^2$, the knowledge of probability density $Q(et{a}_c,Re)$ is crucial for evaluation of chemical reaction rates. In this paper we derive the probability density $Q(et{a}_c,Re,Sc)$ and predict a transition in the reaction rate behavior from $calRproptosqrtRe$ ($Releq10^4$) to the high-Re asymptotics $calRproptoR{e}^0$. The theory leads to an approximate universality of transitional Reynolds number $R{e}_{tr}approx10^4$. It is also shown that if chemical reaction involves short-lived reactants, very strong anomalous fluctuations of the length-scale $et{a}_c$ may lead to non-negligibly small reaction rates.

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