Second And Third-Order Structure Functions Of An 'Engineered' Random Field And Emergence Of The Kolmogorov 4/5 And 2/3-Scaling Laws Of Turbulence

arXiv2303.06248MaRDI QIDQ6429166FDOQ6429166

Publication date: 10 March 2023

Abstract: The 4/5 and 2/3 laws of turbulence can emerge from a theory of 'engineered' random vector fields

m a t h c a l X_{i} (x, t) = X_{i} (x, t) + f r a c h e t a s q r t d (d + 2) X_{i} (x, t) p s i (x)

existing within

m a t h b f D s u b s e t m a t h b f R^{d}

. Here,

X_{i} (x, t)

is a smooth deterministic vector field obeying a nonlinear PDE for all

(x, t) i n m a t h b f D i m e s m a t h b f R^{+}

, and

h e t a

is a small parameter. The field

p s i (x)

is a regulated and differentiable Gaussian random field with expectation

m a t h b b E [p s i (x)] = 0

, but having an antisymmetric covariance kernel

m a t h s c r K (x, y) = m a t h b b E [p s i (x) p s i (y)] = f (x, y) K (| x - y |; l a m b d a)

with

f (x, y) = - f (y, x) = 1, f (x, x) = f (y, y) = 0

and with

K (| x - y |; l a m b d a)

a standard stationary symmetric kernel. For

0 l e e l l l e l a m b d a < L

with

X_{i} (x, t) = X_{i} = (0, 0, X)

and

h e t a = 1

then for

d = 3

, the third-order structure function is �egin{align} S_{3}[ell]=mathbb{E}left[|mathcal{X}_{i}(x+ell,t)-mathcal{X}(x,t)|^{3} ight]=-frac{4}{5}|X_{i}|^{3}=-frac{4}{5}X^{3}

onumber end{align} and $S_{2} [e l l] = C X^{2}$ . The classical 4/5 and 2/3-scaling laws then emerge if one identifies the random field $m a t h c a l X_{i} (x, t)$ with a turbulent fluid flow $m a t h c a l U_{i} (x, t)$ or velocity, with mean flow $m a t h b b E [m a t h c a l U_{i} (x, t)] = U_{i} (x, t) = U_{i}$ being a trivial solution of Burger's equation. Assuming constant dissipation rate $e p s i l o n$ , small constant viscosity $u$ , corresponding to high Reynolds number, and the standard energy balance law, then for a range $e t a l e e l l l l l a m b d a < L$ �egin{align} S_{3}[ell]=mathbb{E}left[|mathcal{U}_{i}(x+ell,t)-mathcal{U}(x,t)|^{3} ight]=-frac{4}{5}epsilonell

onumber end{align} where

e t a = (u^{3 / 4} e p s i l o n)^{- 1 / 4}

. For the second-order structure function, the 2/3-law emerges as

S_{2} [e l l] = C e p s i l o n^{2 / 3} e l l^{2 / 3}

.

This page was built for publication: Second And Third-Order Structure Functions Of An 'Engineered' Random Field And Emergence Of The Kolmogorov 4/5 And 2/3-Scaling Laws Of Turbulence

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q6429166)