Non-Gaussian buoyancy statistics in fingering convection

Details Non-Gaussian buoyancy statistics in fingering convection Non-Gaussian buoyancy statistics in fingering convection

2010-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/1002.1838v1

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Fluid Dynamics

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We examine the statistics of active scalar fluctuations in high-Rayleigh number fingering convection with high-resolution three-dimensional numerical experiments. The one-point distribution of buoyancy fluctuations is found to present significantly non-Gaussian tails. A modified theory based on an original approach by Yakhot (1989) is used to model the active scalar distributions as a function of the conditional expectation values of scalar dissipation and fluxes in the flow. Simple models for these two quantities highlight the role of blob-like coherent structures for scalar statistics in fingering convection.

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