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Euler Turbulence and thermodynamic equilibrium

Fluid Dynamics 2020-04-21 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Statistical Mechanics Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We perform a unique direct numerical simulation of Euler turbulence using delta-correlated velocity field as an initial condition, and report a full range of k2k^2 and kk energy spectra for 3D and 2D flows respectively, zero energy flux, and Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution for the velocity field. These are direct verification of the predictions of the absolute equilibrium theory of turbulence. For a coherent vortex as an initial condition, Euler turbulence transitions from a mixture of nonequilibrium-equilibrium state to a equilibrium state through a process called thermalization. In this letter, we present a model for thermalization in Euler turbulence.

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@article{arxiv.2004.09053,
  title  = {Euler Turbulence and thermodynamic equilibrium},
  author = {Mahendra K. Verma and Shashwat Bhattacharya and Soumyadeep Chatterjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.09053},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages

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