The Batchelor--Howells--Townsend spectrum: three-dimensional case

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2022.133615arXiv2206.04600MaRDI QIDQ6401599FDOQ6401599

Authors: M. S. Jolly, D. Wirosoetisno 

Publication date: 9 June 2022

Abstract: Given a velocity field $u(x,t)$, we consider the evolution of a passive tracer $heta$ governed by $partia{l}_{t}heta+ucdotablaheta=Deltaheta+g$ with time-independent source $g(x)$. When $|u|$ is small in some sense, Batchelor, Howells and Townsend (1959, J. Fluid Mech. 5:134; henceforth BHT) predicted that the tracer spectrum scales as $|het{a}_k{|}^{2}propto|k{|}^{-4}|u_k{|}^2$. Following our recent work for the two-dimensional case, in this paper we prove that the BHT scaling does hold probabilistically, asymptotically for large wavenumbers and for small enough random synthetic three-dimensional incompressible velocity fields $u(x,t)$. We also relaxed some assumptions on the velocity and tracer source, allowing finite variances for both and full power spectrum for the latter.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55) Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M45)

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