Anomalous scaling of low-order structure functions of turbulent velocity

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2004-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0412001v1

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 533, 180, (2005)

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

10 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics

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It is now believed that the scaling exponents of moments of velocity increments are anomalous, or that the departures from Kolmogorov's (1941) self-similar scaling increase nonlinearly with the increasing order of the moment. This appears to be true whether one considers velocity increments themselves or their absolute values. However, moments of order lower than 2 of the absolute values of velocity increments have not been investigated thoroughly for anomaly. Here, we discuss the importance of the scaling of non-integer moments of order between +2 and -1, and obtain them from direct numerical simulations at moderate Reynolds numbers (Taylor microscale Reynolds numbers $R_\lambda \le$ 450) and experimental data at high Reynolds numbers ($R_\lambda \approx$ 10,000). The relative difference between the measured exponents and Kolmogorov's prediction increases as the moment order decreases towards -1, thus showing that the anomaly that is manifest in high-order moments is present in low-order moments as well. This conclusion provides a motivation for seeking a theory of anomalous scaling as the order of the moment vanishes. Such a theory does not have to consider rare events--which may be affected by non-universal features such as shear--and so may be regarded as advantageous to consider and develop.

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