Shear effects on passive scalar spectra

DOI10.1017/S0022112004002332zbMATH Open1065.76111arXivnlin/0410007WikidataQ60557483 ScholiaQ60557483MaRDI QIDQ4670951FDOQ4670951

Authors: A. Celani, Massimo Vergassola, Dario Vincenzi, Massimo Cencini, E. Villermaux 

Publication date: 23 April 2005

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

Abstract: The effects of a large-scale shear on the energy spectrum of a passively advected scalar field are investigated. The shear is superimposed on a turbulent isotropic flow, yielding an Obukhov-Corrsin $k^{-5/3}$ scalar spectrum at small scales. Shear effects appear at large scales, where a different, anisotropic behavior is observed. The scalar spectrum is shown to behave as $k^{-4/3}$ for a shear fixed in intensity and direction. For other types of shear characteristics, the slope is generally intermediate between the -5/3 Obukhov-Corrsin's and the -1 Batchelor's values. The physical mechanisms at the origin of this behaviour are illustrated in terms of the motion of Lagrangian particles. They provide an explanation to the scalar spectra shallow and dependent on the experimental conditions observed in shear flows at moderate Reynolds numbers.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0410007

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zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian particlesObukhov-Corrsin spectrumturbulent isotropic flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55)

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