Decaying turbulence in the generalised Burgers equation

DOI10.1007/S00205-014-0766-5zbMATH Open1307.35253arXiv1208.5241OpenAlexW2112801938MaRDI QIDQ742800FDOQ742800

Publication date: 19 September 2014

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the generalised Burgers equation

frac{partial u}{partial t} + f'(u)frac{partial u}{partial x} - u frac{partial^2 u}{partial x^2}=0, t geq 0, x in S^1,

where

f

is strongly convex and

u

is small and positive. We obtain sharp estimates for Sobolev norms of

u

(upper and lower bounds differ only by a multiplicative constant). Then, we obtain sharp estimates for small-scale quantities which characterise the decaying Burgers turbulence, i.e. the dissipation length scale, the structure functions and the energy spectrum. The proof uses a quantitative version of an argument by Aurell, Frisch, Lutsko and Vergassola cite{AFLV92}. Note that we are dealing with extit{decaying}, as opposed to stationary turbulence. Thus, our estimates are not uniform in time. However, they hold on a time interval

[T_{1}, T_{2}]

, where

T_{1}

and

T_{2}

depend only on

f

and the initial condition, and do not depend on the viscosity. These results give a rigorous explanation of the one-dimensional Burgers turbulence in the spirit of Kolmogorov's 1941 theory. In particular, we obtain two results which hold in the inertial range. On one hand, we explain the bifractal behaviour of the moments of increments, or structure functions. On the other hand, we obtain an energy spectrum of the form

k^{- 2}

. These results remain valid in the inviscid limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5241

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PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53)

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