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The Viscous Lengths in Hydrodynamic Turbulence are Anomalous Scaling Functions

chao-dyn 2009-10-28 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

It is shown that the idea that scaling behavior in turbulence is limited by one outer length LL and one inner length η\eta is untenable. Every n'th order correlation function of velocity differences \bboxFn(\B.R1,\B.R2,)\bbox{\cal F}_n(\B.R_1,\B.R_2,\dots) exhibits its own cross-over length ηn\eta_{n} to dissipative behavior as a function of, say, R1R_1. This length depends on nn {and on the remaining separations} R2,R3,R_2,R_3,\dots. One result of this Letter is that when all these separations are of the same order RR this length scales like ηn(R)η(R/L)xn\eta_n(R)\sim \eta (R/L)^{x_n} with xn=(ζnζn+1+ζ3ζ2)/(2ζ2)x_n=(\zeta_n-\zeta_{n+1}+\zeta_3-\zeta_2)/(2-\zeta_2), with ζn\zeta_n being the scaling exponent of the nn'th order structure function. We derive a class of scaling relations including the ``bridge relation" for the scaling exponent of dissipation fluctuations μ=2ζ6\mu=2-\zeta_6.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9606018,
  title  = {The Viscous Lengths in Hydrodynamic Turbulence are Anomalous Scaling Functions},
  author = {Victor S. L'vov and Itamar Procaccia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9606018},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

PRL, Submitted. REVTeX, 4 pages, I fig. (not included) PS Source of the paper with figure avalable at http://lvov.weizmann.ac.il/onlinelist.html