Turbulent binary fluids: A shell model study

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(97)80014-0MaRDI QIDQ1376444zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mogens H. Jensen, Poul Olesen

Publication date 17 December 1997

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9610047

zbMATH Keywords

numerical solutionNavier-Stokes equationsmixing timehigh Reynolds numberhigh Prandtl numberGOY modeldiffusivitycontinuum limit of shell equationsturbulent binary fluids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Turbulent transport, mixing (76F25) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

Abstract: We introduce a shell (``GOY) model for turbulent binary fluids. The variation in the concentration between the two fluids acts as an active scalar leading to a redefined conservation law for the energy, which is incorporated into the model together with a conservation law for the scalar. The model is studied numerically at very high values of the Prandtl and Reynolds numbers and we investigate the properties close to the critical point of the miscibility gap where the diffusivity vanishes. A peak develops in the spectrum of the scalar, showing that a strongly turbulent flow leads to an increase in the mixing time. The peak is, however, not very pronounced. The mixing time diverges with the Prandtl number as a power law with an exponent of approximately 0.9. The continuum limit of the shell equations leads to a set of equations which can be solved by a scaling ansatz, consistent with an exact scaling of the Navier-Stokes equations in the inertial range. In this case a weak peak also persists for a certain time in the spectrum of the scalar. Exact analytic solutions of the continuous shell equations are derived in the inertial range. Starting with fluids at rest, from an initial variation of the concentration difference, one can provoke a ``spontaneous generation of a velocity field, analogous to MHD in the early universe.

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