Nonstationary aspects of passive scalar gradient behaviour

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHFLU.2007.09.002MaRDI QIDQ942226zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. E. Eshmatov

Publication date 4 September 2008

Published in European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.00180

zbMATH Keywords

alignment propertiesequation for orientationmixing properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Diffusion and convection (76R99)

Abstract: The dynamics of a passive scalar gradient experiencing fluctuating velocity gradient through the Lagrangian variations of strain persistence is studied. To this end, a systematic, numerical analysis based on the equation for the orientation of the gradient of a non-diffusive scalar in two-dimensional flow is performed. When the gradient responds weakly its orientation properties are determined by the mean value of strain persistence. Statistical alignment of the scalar gradient with the direction defined by the opposed actions of strain and rotation, by contrast, requires the gradient to keep up with strain persistence fluctuations. These results have been obtained for both strain-and effective-rotation-dominated regimes and are supported by relevant experimental data. Consequences of the unsteady behaviour of the scalar gradient on mixing properties are also analyzed.

Recommendations

• Passive scalar transfer in stochastic steady flow
• A numerical study of the mixing of a passive scalar in three dimensions in the presence of a mean gradient
• Passive Scalars in Turbulent Flows
• Intermittency of the tracer gradient
• Lagrangian characteristics of turbulence and scalar transport in direct numerical simulations

Cites work

• A numerical study of the mixing of a passive scalar in three dimensions in the presence of a mean gradient
• Alignment of tracer gradient vectors in 2D turbulence
• An exact criterion for the stirring properties of nearly two-dimensional turbulence
• Dissipation-range geometry and scalar spectra in sheared stratified turbulence
• Does the tracer gradient vector align with the strain eigenvectors in 2D turbulence?
• Dynamics of scalar dissipation in isotropic turbulence: A numerical and modelling study
• Dynamics of the orientation of active and passive scalars in two-dimensional turbulence
• Micro-structure and Lagrangian statistics of the scalar field with a mean gradient in isotropic turbulence
• On the alignment dynamics of a passive scalar gradient in a two-dimensional flow
• Stretching and alignment in chaotic and turbulent flows

Cited in

(5)

• Passive scalar transfer in stochastic steady flow
• Kinematic properties of passive scalar gradient predicted by a stochastic Lagrangian model
• The secondary splitting of zero-gradient points in a scalar field
• Modelling the growth rate of a tracer gradient using stochastic differential equations
• On the role of unsteady forcing of tracer gradient in local stirring

This page was built for publication: Nonstationary aspects of passive scalar gradient behaviour

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q942226)