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Context. An essential facet of turbulence is the space-time intermittency of the cascade of energy that leads to coherent structures of high dissipation. Aims. In this work, we attempt to investigate systematically the physical nature of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-31 Thibaud Richard , Pierre Lesaffre , Edith Falgarone , Andrew Lehmann

Using direct numerical simulation we study the behavior of the maximal Lyapunov exponent in thin-layer turbulence, where one dimension of the system is constrained geometrically. Such systems are known to exhibit transitions from fully…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-06-02 Daniel Clark , Andres Armua , Calum Freeman , Daniel J. Brener , Arjun Berera

In this work, direct numerical simulations of the compressible fluid equations in turbulent regimes are performed. The behavior of the flow is either dominated by purely turbulent phenomena or by the generation of sound waves in it.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-29 J. Cerretani , P. Dmitruk

We present results of high-resolution numerical simulations of compressible 2D turbulence forced at intermediate spatial scales with a solenoidal white-in-time external acceleration. A case with an isothermal equation of state, low energy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-27 Alexei G. Kritsuk

We investigate the power spectra of outflow-driven turbulence through high-resolution three-dimensional isothermal numerical simulations where the turbulence is driven locally in real-space by a simple spherical outflow model. The resulting…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Anthony Moraghan , Jongsoo Kim , Suk-Jin Yoon

Turbulence is characterized by the non-linear cascades of energy and other inviscid invariants across a huge range of scales, from where they are injected to where they are dissipated. Recently, new experimental, numerical and theoretical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-10 A. Alexakis , L. Biferale

Universal properties of turbulence have been associated traditionally with very high Reynolds numbers, but recent work has shown that the onset of the power-laws in derivative statistics occurs at modest microscale Reynolds numbers of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-26 Sualeh Khurshid , Diego Donzis , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

The Reynolds number dependence of the statistics of energy dissipation is investigated in a shell model of fully developed turbulence. The results are in agreement with a model which accounts for fluctuations of the dissipative scale with…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Boffetta , A. Celani , D. Roagna

The way the increment statistics of turbulent velocity fluctuations scale with the increment size is a centerpiece of turbulence theories. We report data on decaying turbulence in the Max Planck Variable Density Turbulence Tunnel (VDTT),…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-07 Christian Küchler , Eberhard Bodenschatz , Gregory P. Bewley

This paper investigates the Reynolds number dependence of a turbulent mixing layer evolving from the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability using a series of direct numerical simulations of a well-defined narrowband initial condition for a range of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-27 Michael Groom , Ben Thornber

Directed percolation(DP) has recently emerged as a possible solution to the century old puzzle surrounding the transition to turbulence. Multiple model studies reported DP exponents, however experimental evidence is limited since the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-19 Lukasz Klotz , Gregoire Lemoult , Kerstin Avila , Bjorn Hof

Compressible turbulence governs energy transfer across scales in space and astrophysical systems. Capturing both the turbulence cascade and damping is therefore crucial for models of energy conversion, plasma heating, and particle transport…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-30 Chuanpeng Hou , Huirong Yan , Siqi Zhao , Parth Pavaskar

Turbulence is a widely observed state of fluid flows, characterized by complex, nonlinear interactions between motions across a broad spectrum of length and time scales. While turbulence is ubiquitous, from teacups to planetary atmospheres,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-28 Adrian van Kan

The Taylor-Reynolds and Reynolds number ($Re_\lambda$ and $Re$) dependence of the dimensionless energy dissipation rate $\ceps =\eps L / \u1rms^3$ is derived for statistically stationary isotropic turbulence, employing the results of a…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-22 Detlef Lohse

The Reynolds number dependence of the dimensionless dissipation rate is derived directly from the Karman-Howarth equation in terms of the inverse of the integral scale Reynolds number and a coefficient which depends on the second- and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-02-11 W. David McComb , Arjun Berera , Matthew Salewski , Samuel Yoffe

Small scale turbulent dynamo action in compressible transonic turbulence is discussed. It is shown that the critical value of the magnetic Reynolds number displays a bimodal behavior and changes from a typical value of 35 for small Mach…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Brandenburg , N. E. L. Haugen , A. J. Mee

Using direct numerical simulations of rotating Rayleigh-B\'enard convection, we explore the transitions between turbulent states from a 3D flow state towards a quasi-2D condensate known as the large-scale vortex (LSV). We vary the Rayleigh…

The rate of energy dissipation in solutions of the body-forced 3-d incompressible Navier-Stokes equations is rigorously estimated with a focus on its dependence on the nature of the driving force. For square integrable body forces the high…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexey Cheskidov , Charles R. Doering , Nikola P. Petrov

This manuscript has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Fluids, see https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/accepted/d5074S28J6b11905012b7cb06505e8f2149dd5f20. This work investigates the mechanisms that underlie transitions to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-12-24 Christopher J. Camobreco , Alban Pothérat , Gregory J. Sheard

Temporal decorrelations in compressible isotropic turbulence are studied using the space-time correlation theory and direct numerical simulation. A swept-wave model is developed for dilatational components while the classic random sweeping…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-15 Dong Li , Xing Zhang , Guowei He