Intermittency in the Joint Cascade of Energy and Helicity
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
The statistics of the energy and helicity fluxes in isotropic turbulence are studied using high resolution direct numerical simulation. The scaling exponents of the energy flux agree with those of the transverse velocity structure functions through refined similarity hypothesis, consistent with Kraichnan's prediction \cite{Kr74}. The helicity flux is even more intermittent than the energy flux and its scaling exponents are closer to those of the passive scalar. Using Waleffe's helical decomposition, we demonstrate that the existence of positive mean helicity flux inhibits the energy transfer in the negative helical modes, a non-passive effect.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0203059,
title = {Intermittency in the Joint Cascade of Energy and Helicity},
author = {Qiaoning Chen and Shiyi Chen and Gregory L. Eyink and Darryl D. Holm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0203059},
year = {2009}
}