Flux correlations in supersonic isothermal turbulence

DOI10.1017/JFM.2012.470MaRDI QIDQ5406418zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 1 April 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2164

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compressible turbulenceturbulence simulationturbulence theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compressibility effects in turbulence (76F50) Supersonic flows (76J20)

Abstract: Using data from a large-scale three-dimensional simulation of supersonic isothermal turbulence, we have tested the validity of an exact flux relation derived analytically from the Navier--Stokes equation by Falkovich, Fouxon and Oz [2010 New relations for correlation functions in Navier--Stokes turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 644, 465]. That relation, for compressible barotropic fluids, was derived assuming turbulence generated by a large-scale force. However, compressible turbulence in simulations is usually initialized and maintained by a large-scale acceleration, as in gravity-driven astrophysical flows. We present a new approximate flux relation for isothermal turbulence driven by a large-scale acceleration, and find it in reasonable agreement with the simulation results.

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