Turbulence without Richardson–Kolmogorov cascade

DOI10.1063/1.3453708zbMATH Open1190.76087arXiv0911.0841OpenAlexW2044437516MaRDI QIDQ3578652FDOQ3578652

Authors: Nicolas Mazellier, J. C. Vassilicos 

Publication date: 20 July 2010

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

Abstract: We present an experimental investigation of intense turbulence generated by a class of low-blockage space-filling fractal square grids. We confirm the existence of a protacted production region followed by a decaying region, as first reported by Hurst & Vassilicos (Physics of Fluids, 2007). We show that the centerline streamwise variation of most of the statistical properties of the turbulent flow can be scaled by a wake interaction length-scale $x_{*}$. We also confirm the finding of Seoud and Vassilicos (Physics of Fluids, 2007) that the ratio of the integral length-scale $L_u$ to the Taylor micro-scale $lambda$ remains constant in the decaying region whereas the Reynolds number $R{e}_{l}ambda$ strongly decreases. As a result the scaling $L_u/lambdasimR{e}_{lambda}$ which follows from the $u{\text{'}}^3/L_u$ scaling of the dissipation rate in boundary-free shear flows and in usual grid-generated turbulence does not hold here. However, we show that the ratio $L_u/lambda$ is an increasing function of the inlet Reynolds number $R{e}_0$. This extraordinary decoupling is consistent with a self-preserving single length-scale decaying homogeneous turbulence proposed by George & Wang (Physics of Fluids, 2009) with which our results are compared.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0841

zbMATH Keywords

wakesanemometryflow measurementwind tunnelsboundary layer turbulence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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