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Bottleneck effects in turbulence: Scaling phenomena in r- versus p-space

chao-dyn 2009-10-22 v2 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We (analytically) calculate the energy spectrum corresponding to various experimental and numerical turbulence data analyzed by Benzi et al.. We find two bottleneck phenomena: While the local scaling exponent ζr(r)\zeta_r(r) of the structure function decreases monotonically, the local scaling exponent ζp(p)\zeta_p(p) of the corresponding spectrum has a minimum of ζp(pmin)0.45\zeta_p(p_{min})\approx 0.45 at pmin(10η)1p_{min}\approx (10 \eta)^{-1} and a maximum of ζp(pmax)0.77\zeta_p(p_{max})\approx 0.77 at pmax8L1p_{max}\approx 8 L^{-1}. A physical argument starting from the constant energy flux in p--space reveals the general mechanism underlying the energy pileups at both ends of the p--space scaling range. In the case studied here, they are induced by viscous dissipation and the reduced spectral strength on the scale of the system size, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9405002,
  title  = {Bottleneck effects in turbulence: Scaling phenomena in r- versus p-space},
  author = {Detlef Lohse and Axel Mueller-Groeling},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9405002},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, 3figures on request