Path lengths in turbulence

DOI10.1007/S10955-011-0323-7MaRDI QIDQ650187zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Nicholas T. Ouellette, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Haitao Xu

Publication date 25 November 2011

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.2824

zbMATH Keywords

turbulenceLagrangian statisticssingle particle dispersion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical turbulence modeling (76F55)

Abstract: By tracking tracer particles at high speeds and for long times, we study the geometric statistics of Lagrangian trajectories in an intensely turbulent laboratory flow. In particular, we consider the distinction between the displacement of particles from their initial positions and the total distance they travel. The difference of these two quantities shows power-law scaling in the inertial range. By comparing them with simulations of a chaotic but non-turbulent flow and a Lagrangian Stochastic model, we suggest that our results are a signature of turbulence.

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