Bottleneck Effects in Turbulence: Scaling Phenomena in r versus p Space

Detlef Lohse and Axel Müller-Groeling
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1747 – Published 6 March 1995
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Abstract

We (analytically) calculate the energy spectrum corresponding to various experimental and numerical turbulence data analyzed by Benzi et al. We find two bottleneck phenomena: While the local scaling exponent ζr(r) of the structure function decreases monotonically, the local scaling exponent ζp(p) of the corresponding spectrum has a minimum of ζp(pmin)0.45 at pmin(10η)1 and a maximum of ζp(pmax)0.77 at pmax8L1. A physical argument starting from the constant energy flux in p space reveals the general mechanism underlying the energy pileups at both ends of the p-space scaling range. In the case studied here, they are induced by viscous dissipation and the reduced spectral strength on the scale of the system size, respectively.

  • Received 4 May 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.1747

©1995 American Physical Society

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Detlef Lohse1 and Axel Müller-Groeling2

  • 1The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, 5640 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637
  • 2Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada

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Vol. 74, Iss. 10 — 6 March 1995

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