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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, ξ=kH1\xi=k_H^{-1}, 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, η=kE1\eta=k_E^{-1}, and their ratio η/ξ\eta / \xi 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