Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
1999-06-24
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
PRE, submitted. RevTex, 38 pages, 8 figures included . Online (HTML) version of this paper is avaliable at http://lvov.weizman
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.61.407
The statistical objects characterizing turbulence in real turbulent flows differ from those of the ideal homogeneous isotropic model.They containcontributions from various 2d and 3d aspects, and from the superposition ofinhomogeneous and anisotropic contributions. We employ the recently introduceddecomposition of statistical tensor objects into irreducible representations of theSO(3) symmetry group (characterized by $j$ and $m$ indices), to disentangle someof these contributions, separating the universal and the asymptotic from the specific aspects of the flow. The different $j$ contributions transform differently under rotations and so form a complete basis in which to represent the tensor objects under study. The experimental data arerecorded with hot-wire probes placed at various heights in the atmospheric surfacelayer. Time series data from single probes and from pairs of probes are analyzed to compute the amplitudes and exponents of different contributions to the second order statistical objects characterized by $j=0$, $j=1$ and $j=2$. The analysis shows the need to make a careful distinction between long-lived quasi 2d turbulent motions (close to the ground) and relatively short-lived 3d motions. We demonstrate that the leading scaling exponents in the three leading sectors ($j = 0, 1, 2$) appear to be different butuniversal, independent of the positions of the probe, and the large scaleproperties. The measured values of the exponent are $\zeta^{(j=0)}_2=0.68 \pm 0.01$, $\zeta^{(j=1)}_2=1.0\pm 0.15$ and $\zeta^{(j=2)}_2=1.38 \pm 0.10$. We present theoretical arguments for the values of these exponents usingthe Clebsch representation of the Euler equations; neglecting anomalous corrections, the values obtained are 2/3, 1 and 4/3 respectively.
Kurien Susan
L'vov Victor S.
Procaccia Itamar
Sreenivasan Katepalli R.
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