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We consider transition to strong turbulence in an infinite fluid stirred by a gaussian random force. The transition is {\bf defined} as a first appearance of anomalous scaling of normalized moments of velocity derivatives (dissipation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-02 Victor Yakhot , Diego Donzis

The turbulent energy flux through scales, $\bar{\epsilon}$, remains constant and non vanishing in the limit of zero viscosity, which results in the fundamental anomaly of time irreversibility. It was considered straightforward to deduce…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-18 Anna Frishman , Gregory Falkovich

A general link between geometry and intermittency in passive scalar turbulence is established. Intermittency is qualitatively traced back to events where tracer particles stay for anomalousy long times in degenerate geometries characterized…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Celani , M. Vergassola

We report results from the first systematic Lagrangian experimental investigation in the regime of very light (air bubbles in water) and large particles (D/{\eta} >> 1) in turbulence. Using a traversing camera setup and particle tracking,…

In this paper, we establish a set of criteria which are applied to discuss various formulations under which Lagrangian stochastic models can be found. These models are used for the simulation of fluid particles in single-phase turbulence as…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-01-13 J. -P. Minier , S. Chibbaro , S. B. Pope

The dynamics of dense stabilized emulsions presents a rich phenomenology including chaotic emulsification, non-Newtonian rheology and ageing dynamics at rest. Macroscopic rheology results from the complex droplet microdynamics and, in turn,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-07-27 Ivan Girotto , Andrea Scagliarini , Roberto Benzi , Federico Toschi

The evolution of a turbulent tangle of quantum vortices in presence of finite-size active particles is studied by means of numerical simulations of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Particles are modeled as potentials depleting the superfluid…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-07-01 Umberto Giuriato , Giorgio Krstulovic

This proceedings paper reports on the theoretical modelling of particle acceleration in magnetised turbulent plasmas. It briefly reviews some recent findings obtained from fully kinetic numerical simulations of large-amplitude, semi to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-18 M. Lemoine

We present models for single-particle dispersion in vertical and horizontal directions of stably stratified flows. The model in the vertical direction is based on the observed Lagrangian spectrum of the vertical velocity, while the model in…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-03-21 Nicolas E. Sujovolsky , Pablo D. Mininni , Mark P. Rast

We report recent results from a high resolution numerical study of fluid particles transported by a fully developed turbulent flow. Single particle trajectories were followed for a time range spanning more than three decades, from less than…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-26 F. Toschi , L. Biferale , G. Boffetta , A. Celani , B. J. Devenish , A. Lanotte

A paradigm based on the absolute equilibrium of Galerkin-truncated inviscid systems to aid in understanding turbulence [T.-D. Lee, "On some statistical properties of hydrodynamical and magnetohydrodynamical fields," Q. Appl. Math. 10, 69…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-11-30 Jian-Zhou Zhu , Gregory W. Hammett

Fully-developed incompressible Navier-Stokes turbulence in three dimensions is a dissipative dynamical system that exhibits strong departure from absolute equilibrium. Nevertheless, several kinds of representation by Tsallis equilibria have…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Toshiyuki Gotoh , Robert H. Kraichnan

Turbulence is a complex system exhibiting both universal statistical features and prominent coherent structures. We model turbulence using coherent vortices distributed within a multi-scale statistical framework, termed `woven turbulence'.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-04 Zishuo Han , Weiyu Shen , Yue Yang

We study the effect of different forcing functions and of the local gradient Richardson number Rig on the vertical mixing of Lagrangian tracers in stably stratified turbulence under the Boussinesq approximation, and present a wave and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-01 Nicolas E. Sujovolsky , Pablo D. Mininni

Lagrangian statistics and particle transport in edge plasma turbulence are investigated using the Hasegawa-Wakatani model and its modified version. The latter shows the emergence of pronounced zonal flows. Different values of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-12-09 Benjamin Kadoch , Diego del-Castillo-Negrete , Wouter J. T. Bos , Kai Schneider

This article is an invitation. It is, first, an invitation to consider as a subject worthy of attention the wide range of situations where small discrete elements, either bubbles, droplets or solid particles, are embedded in turbulent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-11-06 Jean-Pierre Minier , Christophe Henry

Results from Direct Numerical Simulations of particle relative dispersion in three dimensional homogeneous and isotropic turbulence at Reynolds number $Re_\lambda \sim 300$ are presented. We study point-like passive tracers and heavy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-02-19 L. Biferale , A. S. Lanotte , R. Scatamacchia , F. Toschi

The transitional regime of plane channel flow is investigated {above} the transitional point below which turbulence is not sustained, using direct numerical simulation in large domains. Statistics of laminar-turbulent spatio-temporal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-09-16 Pavan V. Kashyap , Yohann Duguet , Olivier Dauchot

Modeling Lagrangian turbulence remains a fundamental challenge due to its multiscale, intermittent, and non-Gaussian nature. Recent advances in data-driven diffusion models have enabled the generation of realistic Lagrangian velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-07-28 Tianyi Li , Flavio Tuteri , Michele Buzzicotti , Fabio Bonaccorso , Luca Biferale

A model for the pseudo-turbulent Reynolds stress tensor in compressible flows through monodisperse particle clouds is developed based on data from particle resolved numerical simulations. This model extends previous models for the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-05-09 Andreas Nygård Osnes , Magnus Vartdal