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We present predictions of the energy spectrum of forced two-dimensional turbulence obtained by employing a structure-preserving integrator. In particular, we construct a finite-mode approximation of the Navier-Stokes equations on the unit…
A landmark of turbulence is the emergence of universal scaling laws, such as Kolmogorov's $E(q)\sim q^{-5/3}$ scaling of the kinetic energy spectrum of inertial turbulence with the wave vector $q$. In recent years, active fluids have been…
The process of a stationary range formation in the wind-wave spectrum is investigated numerically. The evolution equation for the two-dimensional wind-wave spectrum is numerically solved by using an exact calculation of the Hasselmann…
We have found an infinite dimensional manifold of exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes loop equation for the Wilson loop in decaying Turbulence in arbitrary dimension $d >2$. This solution family is equivalent to a fractal curve in complex…
We suggest a "minimal model" for the 3D turbulent energy spectra in superfluids, based on their two-fluid description. We start from the Navier-Stokes equation for the normal fluid and from the coarse-grained hydrodynamic equation for the…
Numerical schemes derived from gas-kinetic theory can be applied to simulations in the hydrodynamics limit, in laminar and also turbulent regimes. In the latter case, the underlying Boltzmann equation describes a distribution of eddies, in…
Recent observations of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has confirmed one of the last outstanding predictions in general relativity and in the process opened up a new frontier in…
Rotating turbulence is commonly known for being dominated by geostrophic vortices that are invariant along the rotation axis and undergo inverse cascade. Yet, it has recently been shown to sustain fully three-dimensional states with a…
In this paper, using Pao's conjecture [Y.-H. Pao, Phys. Fluids 11, 1371 (1968)], we derive expressions for the spectra and fluxes of kinetic energy and enstrophy for two-dimensional (2D) forced turbulence that extend beyond the inertial…
The Navier--Stokes (NS) equations describe fluid dynamics through a high-dimensional, nonlinear system of partial differential equations (PDEs). Despite their fundamental importance, their behavior in turbulent regimes remains incompletely…
We show that the Kolmogorov-1941 picture of fully developed hydrodynamic turbulence (with the scaling of the structure functions $S_n(R) \propto R^{n/3}$) necessarily leads to an anomalous scaling for correlation functions which include the…
We expose a hidden scaling symmetry of the Navier-Stokes equations in the limit of vanishing viscosity, which stems from dynamical space-time rescaling around suitably defined Lagrangian scaling centers. At a dynamical level, the hidden…
An exact result concerning the energy transfers between non-linear waves of thin elastic plate is derived. Following Kolmogorov's original ideas in hydrodynamical turbulence, but applied to the F\"oppl-von K\'arm\'an equation for thin…
A systematic study of the influence of the viscous effect on both the spectra and the nonlinear fluxes of conserved as well as non conserved quantities in Navier-Stokes turbulence is proposed. This analysis is used to estimate the helicity…
The paper investigates the detailed features of one-dimensional energy spectra in three-dimensional isotropic turbulence, based on the exact solution of Karman-Howarth equation. Particular interest will be paid on the degree to which…
We study a turbulence closure model in which the fractional Laplacian $(-\Delta)^\alpha$ of the velocity field represents the turbulence diffusivity. We investigate the energy spectrum of the model by applying Pao's energy transfer theory.…
The hydrodynamics for a gas of hard-spheres which sometimes experience inelastic collisions resulting in the loss of a fixed, velocity-independent, amount of energy $\Delta $ is investigated with the goal of understanding the coupling…
This paper extends the resolvent formalism for wall turbulence proposed by McKeon and Sharma(2010) to account for the effect of streamwise-constant riblets. Under the resolvent formulation, the Navier-Stokes equations are interpreted as a…
The nonlinear development of finite amplitude disturbances in mixed convection flow in a heated vertical annulus is studied by direct numerical simulation. The unsteady Navier Stokes equations are solved numerically by a spectral method for…
We define the concept of energy-variational solutions for the Navier--Stokes and Euler equations. The underlying relative energy inequality holds as an equality for classical solutions and if the additional variable vanishes, these…