Energy and Dissipation Range Spectra in the Inertial Range of Homogeneous Turbulence

1989 ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
V. Yakhot ◽  
Z.-S. She ◽  
S. A. Orszag
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Dissipation Range

Scale-dependent alignment, tumbling and stretching of slender rods in isotropic turbulence

2018 ◽  
Vol 860 ◽  
pp. 465-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimish Pujara ◽  
Greg A. Voth ◽  
Evan A. Variano
Keyword(s):  
Isotropic Turbulence ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Strain Rate Tensor ◽  
Scaling Exponents ◽  
Slender Body Theory ◽  
Velocity Statistics ◽  
Rigid Rods ◽  
Dissipation Range

We examine the dynamics of slender, rigid rods in direct numerical simulation of isotropic turbulence. The focus is on the statistics of three quantities and how they vary as rod length increases from the dissipation range to the inertial range. These quantities are (i) the steady-state rod alignment with respect to the perceived velocity gradients in the surrounding flow, (ii) the rate of rod reorientation (tumbling) and (iii) the rate at which the rod end points move apart (stretching). Under the approximations of slender-body theory, the rod inertia is neglected and rods are modelled as passive particles in the flow that do not affect the fluid velocity field. We find that the average rod alignment changes qualitatively as rod length increases from the dissipation range to the inertial range. While rods in the dissipation range align most strongly with fluid vorticity, rods in the inertial range align most strongly with the most extensional eigenvector of the perceived strain-rate tensor. For rods in the inertial range, we find that the variance of rod stretching and the variance of rod tumbling both scale as $l^{-4/3}$, where $l$ is the rod length. However, when rod dynamics are compared to two-point fluid velocity statistics (structure functions), we see non-monotonic behaviour in the variance of rod tumbling due to the influence of small-scale fluid motions. Additionally, we find that the skewness of rod stretching does not show scale invariance in the inertial range, in contrast to the skewness of longitudinal fluid velocity increments as predicted by Kolmogorov’s $4/5$ law. Finally, we examine the power-law scaling exponents of higher-order moments of rod tumbling and rod stretching for rods with lengths in the inertial range and find that they show anomalous scaling. We compare these scaling exponents to predictions from Kolmogorov’s refined similarity hypotheses.

Inertial-range intermittency and accuracy of direct numerical simulation for turbulence and passive scalar turbulence

2007 ◽  
Vol 590 ◽  
pp. 117-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKESHI WATANABE ◽  
TOSHIYUKI GOTOH
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Passive Scalar ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Flow Dynamics ◽  
Eighth Order ◽  
Range Resolution ◽  
Filter Width ◽  
Scalar Turbulence ◽  
Grid Points ◽  
Dissipation Range

We examine the effects of the variation in dissipation-range resolution on the accuracy of inertial-range statistics and intermittency in terms of the direct numerical simulations of homogeneous turbulence and passive-scalar turbulence by changing the spatial resolution up to 20483 grid points while maintaining a constant Reynolds number at Rλ ≃ 180 or ≃ 420 and Schmidt number at Sc = 1. Although large fluctuations of the derivative fields depended strongly on Kmaxη and were underestimated when Kmaxη≃1, where Kmax is the maximum wavenumber in the computations and η is the mean Kolmogorov length, the behaviour of the spectra and the scaling exponents of the structure functions up to the eighth order in the range of scales greater than 10η was insensitive to variations in Kmaxη, even when Kmaxη≃1. The relationship between the spatial resolution and asymptotic tail of the probability density functions of the energy dissipation fields was studied using the multifractal model for dissipation, and the results were confirmed by comparison to the simulation data. Degradation of the statistics arises from modifications to the flow dynamics due to the finite wavenumber cutoff and the use of a coarser filter width for the data, which is obtained using a reasonable accuracy criterion for the flow dynamics. The effect of the former was less than that of the latter for the low-to-moderate-order statistics when Kmaxη≥1. We also discuss the universality of the inertial-range statistics with respect to variations in the dissipation-range characteristics.

scholarly journals Anisotropy in solar wind plasma turbulence

2015 ◽  
Vol 373 (2041) ◽  
pp. 20140152 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Oughton ◽  
W. H. Matthaeus ◽  
M. Wan ◽  
K. T. Osman
Keyword(s):  
Solar Wind ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Mean Field ◽  
Solar Wind Plasma ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Field Energy ◽  
Range Theory ◽  
Fluctuation Energy ◽  
Dissipation Range

A review of spectral anisotropy and variance anisotropy for solar wind fluctuations is given, with the discussion covering inertial range and dissipation range scales. For the inertial range, theory, simulations and observations are more or less in accord, in that fluctuation energy is found to be primarily in modes with quasi-perpendicular wavevectors (relative to a suitably defined mean magnetic field), and also that most of the fluctuation energy is in the vector components transverse to the mean field. Energy transfer in the parallel direction and the energy levels in the parallel components are both relatively weak. In the dissipation range, observations indicate that variance anisotropy tends to decrease towards isotropic levels as the electron gyroradius is approached; spectral anisotropy results are mixed. Evidence for and against wave interpretations and turbulence interpretations of these features will be discussed. We also present new simulation results concerning evolution of variance anisotropy for different classes of initial conditions, each with typical background solar wind parameters.

Applicability of Kolmogorov's and Monin's equations of turbulence

1997 ◽  
Vol 353 ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
REGINALD J. HILL
Keyword(s):  
Structure Function ◽  
Structure Functions ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Local Isotropy ◽  
The Third ◽  
Moderate Reynolds Number ◽  
Wide Range

The equation relating second- and third-order velocity structure functions was presented by Kolmogorov; Monin attempted to derive that equation on the basis of local isotropy. Recently, concerns have been raised to the effect that Kolmogorov's equation and an ancillary incompressibility condition governing the third-order structure function were proven only on the restrictive basis of isotropy and that the statistic involving pressure that appears in the derivation of Kolmogorov's equation might not vanish on the basis of local isotropy. These concerns are resolved. In so doing, results are obtained for the second- and third-order statistics on the basis of local homogeneity without use of local isotropy. These results are applicable to future studies of the approach toward local isotropy. Accuracy of Kolmogorov's equation is shown to be more sensitive to anisotropy of the third-order structure function than to anisotropy of the second-order structure function. Kolmogorov's 4/5 law for the inertial range of the third-order structure function is obtained without use of the incompressibility conditions on the second- and third-order structure functions. A generalization of Kolmogorov's 4/5 law, which applies to the inertial range of locally homogeneous turbulence at very large Reynolds numbers, is shown to also apply to the energy-containing range for the more restrictive case of stationary, homogeneous turbulence. The variety of derivations of Kolmogorov's and Monin's equations leads to a wide range of applicability to experimental conditions, including, in some cases, turbulence of moderate Reynolds number.

Deviations from the classical Kolmogorov theory of the inertial range of homogeneous turbulence

1989 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Yakhot ◽  
Zhen‐Su She ◽  
Steven A. Orszag
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Kolmogorov Theory

scholarly journals Geometry of Magnetic Fluctuations near the Sun from the Parker Solar Probe

2021 ◽  
Vol 923 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
R. Bandyopadhyay ◽  
D. J. McComas
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Solar Wind ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Local Magnetic Field ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Magnetic Fluctuations ◽  
Outer Scale ◽  
Degree Of Anisotropy ◽  
Dissipation Range

Abstract Solar wind magnetic fluctuations exhibit anisotropy due to the presence of a mean magnetic field in the form of the Parker spiral. Close to the Sun, direct measurements were not available until the recently launched Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission. The nature of the anisotropy and geometry of the magnetic fluctuations play a fundamental role in dissipation processes and in the transport of energetic particles in space. Using PSP data, we present measurements of the geometry and anisotropy of the inner heliosphere magnetic fluctuations, from fluid to kinetic scales. The results are surprising and different from 1 au observations. We find that fluctuations evolve characteristically with size scale. However, unlike 1 au solar wind, at the outer scale, the fluctuations are dominated by wavevectors quasi-parallel to the local magnetic field. In the inertial range, average wavevectors become less field aligned, but still remain more field aligned than near-Earth solar wind. In the dissipation range, the wavevectors become almost perpendicular to the local magnetic field in the dissipation range, to a much higher degree than those indicated by 1 au observations. We propose that this reduced degree of anisotropy in the outer scale and inertial range is due to the nature of large-scale forcing outside the solar corona.

Implicit Large Eddy Simulation of Two-Dimensional Homogeneous Turbulence Using Weighted Compact Nonlinear Scheme

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichi Ishiko ◽  
Naofumi Ohnishi ◽  
Kazuyuki Ueno ◽  
Keisuke Sawada
Keyword(s):  
Energy Spectrum ◽  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Third Order ◽  
The Third ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Numerical Viscosity ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Implicit Large Eddy Simulation

For the aim of computing compressible turbulent flowfield involving shock waves, an implicit large eddy simulation (LES) code has been developed based on the idea of monotonically integrated LES. We employ the weighted compact nonlinear scheme (WCNS) not only for capturing possible shock waves but also for attaining highly accurate resolution required for implicit LES. In order to show that WCNS is a proper choice for implicit LES, a two-dimensional homogeneous turbulence is first obtained by solving the Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible flow. We compare the inertial range in the computed energy spectrum with that obtained by the direct numerical simulation (DNS) and also those given by the different LES approaches. We then obtain the same homogeneous turbulence by solving the equations for compressible flow. It is shown that the present implicit LES can reproduce the inertial range in the energy spectrum given by DNS fairly well. A truncation of energy spectrum occurs naturally at high wavenumber limit indicating that dissipative effect is included properly in the present approach. A linear stability analysis for WCNS indicates that the third order interpolation determined in the upwind stencil introduces a large amount of numerical viscosity to stabilize the scheme, but the same interpolation makes the scheme weakly unstable for waves satisfying kΔx≈1. This weak instability results in a slight increase in the energy spectrum at high wavenumber limit. In the computed result of homogeneous turbulence, a fair correlation is shown to exist between the locations where the magnitude of ∇×ω becomes large and where the weighted combination of the third order interpolations in WCNS deviates from the optimum ratio to increase the amount of numerical viscosity. Therefore, the numerical viscosity involved in WCNS becomes large only at the locations where the subgrid-scale viscosity can arise in ordinary LES. This suggests the reason why the present implicit LES code using WCNS can resolve turbulent flowfield reasonably well.

scholarly journals The non-equilibrium part of the inertial range in decaying homogeneous turbulence

2019 ◽  
Vol 127 (6) ◽  
pp. 64004 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Obligado ◽  
J. C. Vassilicos
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Range ◽  
Homogeneous Turbulence ◽  
Non Equilibrium
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