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In this paper we introduce a new PDE model in frequency space for the inertial energy cascade that reproduces the classical scaling laws of Kolmogorov's theory of turbulence. Our point of view is based upon studying the energy flux through…

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Wave breaking is a critical process in the upper ocean: an energy sink for the surface wave field and a source for turbulence in the ocean surface boundary layer. We apply a novel multi-layer numerical solver resolving upper-ocean dynamics…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-13 Jiarong Wu , Stéphane Popinet , Bertrand Chapron , J. Thomas Farrar , Luc Deike

To study subregions of a turbulence velocity field, a long record of velocity data of grid turbulence is divided into smaller segments. For each segment, we calculate statistics such as the mean rate of energy dissipation and the mean…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Mouri , A. Hori , M. Takaoka

Nonlinear phenomena and turbulence are central to our understanding and modeling the dynamics of fluids and plasmas, and yet they still resist analytical resolutions in many instances. However, progress has been made recently, displaying a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-02-15 Annick Pouquet

Scaling of turbulent wall-bounded flows is revealed in the gradient structures, for each of the Reynolds stress components. Within the dissipation structure, an asymmetrical order exists, that we can deploy to unify the scaling and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-02 T. -W. Lee

Turbulence governed by the Navier-Stokes equations shows a tendency to evolve towards a state in which the nonlinearity is diminished. In fully developed turbulence this tendency can be measured by comparing the variance of the nonlinear…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-01-16 Wouter Bos , Robert Rubinstein

A phenomenological turbulence model in which the energy spectrum obeys a nonlinear diffusion equation is presented. This equation respects the scaling properties of the original Navier-Stokes equations and it has the Kolmogorov -5/3 cascade…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Colm Connaughton , Sergey Nazarenko

High resolution numerical simulations of stationary inverse energy cascade in two-dimensional turbulence are presented. Deviations from Gaussianity of velocity differences statistics are quantitatively investigated. The level of statistical…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Boffetta , A. Celani , M. Vergassola

Energy cascades lie at the heart of the dynamics of turbulent flows. In a recent study of turbulence in fluids with odd-viscosity [de Wit \textit{et al.}, Nature \textbf{627}, 515 (2024)], the two-dimensionalization of the flow at small…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-22 Kolluru Venkata Kiran , Dario Vincenzi , Rahul Pandit

We discuss a stochastic closure for the equation of motion satisfied by multi-scale correlation functions in the framework of shell models of turbulence. We give a systematic procedure to calculate the anomalous scaling exponents of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Benzi , Luca Biferale , Mauro Sbragaglia , Federico Toschi

By analyzing hot-wire velocity data taken in an open channel flow, an unambiguous definition of surface-layer thickness is here provided in terms of the cross-over scale between backward and forward energy fluxes. It is shown that the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-18 Guido Troiani , Francesco Cioffi , Angelo Olivieri , Carlo Massimo Casciola

We investigate non-equilibrium turbulence where the non-dimensionalised dissipation coefficient $C_{\varepsilon}$ scales as $C_{\varepsilon} \sim Re_{M}^{m}/Re_{\ell}^{n}$ with $m\approx 1 \approx n$ ($Re_M$ and $Re_{\ell}$ are global/inlet…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-02-25 P. C. Valente , J. C. Vassilicos

Collective movements of bacteria exhibit a remarkable pattern of turbulence-like vortices, in which the Richardson cascade plays an important role. In this work, we examine the energy and enstrophy cascades and their associated lognormal…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-03 Yongxiang Huang

Turbulence problem is often considered as "the last unsolved problem of classical physics". It is due to strong interaction between velocity and/or velocity gradient fluctuations, a high Reynolds number flow is a fascinating mixture of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-25 Victor Yakhot , Diego A. Donzis

Turbulence is fundamental to energy transfer across scales in space and astrophysical plasmas. Bow shock interactions have long been hypothesized to significantly modify turbulence in planetary environments, yet the quantification of such…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Wence Jiang , Hui Li , Nahuel Andrés , Lina Hadid , Daniel Verscharen , Chi Wang

Complex spatial and temporal structures are inherent characteristics of turbulent fluid flows and comprehending them poses a major challenge. This comprehesion necessitates an understanding of the space of turbulent fluid flow…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-16 Tim Whittaker , Romuald A. Janik , Yaron Oz

Turbulent cascades characterize the transfer of energy injected by a random force at large scales towards the small scales. In hydrodynamic turbulence, when the Reynolds number is large, the velocity field of the fluid becomes irregular and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-12-05 Gabriel B. Apolinário , Geoffrey Beck , Laurent Chevillard , Isabelle Gallagher , Ricardo Grande

The dimensionality of turbulence in fluid layers determines their properties. We study electromagnetically driven flows in finite depth fluid layers and show that eddy viscosity, which appears as a result of three-dimensional motions, leads…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-12-27 M. Shats , D. Byrne , H. Xia

We study the statistical correlation functions for the three-dimensional hydrodynamic turbulence onset when the dynamics is dominated by the pancake-like high-vorticity structures. With extensive numerical simulations, we systematically…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-12-09 D. S. Agafontsev , E. A. Kuznetsov , A. A. Mailybaev

The correlation between inertial range velocity fluctuations and energy dissipation in fully developed turbulence is studied using high resolution direct numerical simulation. Runs with microscale Reynolds number up to ${\cal R}_{\lambda}…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Celani , D. Biskamp