A note on dissipation in helical turbulence
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
In helical turbulence a linear cascade of helicity accompanying the energy cascade has been suggested. Since energy and helicity have different dimensionality we suggest the existence of a characteristic inner scale, , for helicity dissipation in a regime of hydrodynamic fully developed turbulence and estimate it on dimensional grounds. This scale is always larger than the Kolmogorov scale, , and their ratio vanishes in the high Reynolds number limit, so the flow will always be helicity free in the small scales.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0104008,
title = {A note on dissipation in helical turbulence},
author = {P. D. Ditlevsen and P. Giuliani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0104008},
year = {2009}
}
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2 pages, submitted to Phys. Fluids