Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
2002-02-07
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
22 pages, to appear in Physica D
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0167-2789(02)00771-6
We study the dual cascade scenario for two-dimensional turbulence driven by a spectrally localized forcing applied over a finite wavenumber range $[k_\min,k_\max]$ (with $k_\min > 0$) such that the respective energy and enstrophy injection rates $\epsilon$ and $\eta$ satisfy $k_\min^2\epsilon\le\eta\le k_\max^2\epsilon$. The classical Kraichnan--Leith--Batchelor paradigm, based on the simultaneous conservation of energy and enstrophy and the scale-selectivity of the molecular viscosity, requires that the domain be unbounded in both directions. For two-dimensional turbulence either in a doubly periodic domain or in an unbounded channel with a periodic boundary condition in the across-channel direction, a direct enstrophy cascade is not possible. In the usual case where the forcing wavenumber is no greater than the geometric mean of the integral and dissipation wavenumbers, constant spectral slopes must satisfy $\beta>5$ and $\alpha+\beta\ge8$, where $-\alpha$ ($-\beta$) is the asymptotic slope of the range of wavenumbers lower (higher) than the forcing wavenumber. The influence of a large-scale dissipation on the realizability of a dual cascade is analyzed. We discuss the consequences for numerical simulations attempting to mimic the classical unbounded picture in a bounded domain.
Bowman John C.
Tran Chuong V.
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