Physics – Fluid Dynamics
Scientific paper
2008-05-05
Physics
Fluid Dynamics
Scientific paper
Multi-fractal scaling in the transition to the dissipative regime for fully-developed compressible turbulence is considered. The multi-fractal power law scaling behavior breaks down for very small length scales thanks to viscous effects. However, the effect of compressibility is found to extend the single-scaling multi-fractal regime further into the dissipative range. In the ultimate compressibility limit, thanks to the shock waves which are the appropriate dissipative structures, the single-scaling regime is found to extend indeed all the way into the full viscous regime. This result appears to be consistent with the physical fact that vortices stretch stronger in a compressible fluid hence postponing viscous intervention. The consequent generation of enhanced velocity gradients in a compressible fluid appears to provide an underlying physical basis for the previous results indicating that fully-developed compressible turbulence is effectively more dissipative than its incompressible counterpart.
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