Loop Equation in Turbulence
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-03 v2
Abstract
The incompressible fluid dynamics is reformulated as dynamics of closed loops in coordinate space. This formulation allows to derive explicit functional equation for the generating functional in inertial range of spatial scales, which allows the scaling solutions. The requirement of finite energy dissipation rate leads then to the Kolmogorov index. We find an exact steady solution of the loop equation in inertial range of the loop sizes. The generating functional decreases as where is the area inside the loop. The pdf for the velocity circulation is Lorentzian, with the width .
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9303130,
title = {Loop Equation in Turbulence},
author = {Alexander A. Migdal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9303130},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
33 pages, 7 figures, LaTeX