Third-order structure functions for isotropic turbulence with bidirectional energy transfer

DOI10.1017/JFM.2019.651MaRDI QIDQ5235656zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jinhan Xie, Oliver Bühler

Publication date 14 October 2019

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.11935

zbMATH Keywords

isotropic turbulenceMHD turbulenceturbulence theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Stratification effects in turbulence (76F45) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

Abstract: We derive and test a new heuristic theory for third-order structure functions that resolve the forcing scale in the scenario of simultaneous spectral energy transfer to both small and large scales, which can occur naturally in rotating stratified turbulence or magnetohydrodynamical~(MHD) turbulence, for example. The theory has three parameters, namely the upscale/downscale energy transfer rates and the forcing scale, and it includes the classic inertial range theories as local limits. When applied to measured data, our global-in-scale theory can deduce the energy transfer rates using the full range of data, therefore it has broader applications compared with the local theories, especially in the situations where the data is imperfect. In addition, because of the resolution of forcing scales, the new theory can detect the scales of energy input, which was impossible before. We test our new theory with a two-dimensional simulation of MHD turbulence.

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