Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
1999-04-14
Phys. Rev. E, 60 (1999) 4185
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
9 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.60.4185
The structure function of a scalar $\theta({\bf x},t)$, passively advected in a two-dimensional turbulent flow ${\bf u}({\bf x},t)$, is discussed by means of the fractal dimension $\delta^{(1)}_g$ of the passive scalar graph. A relation between $\delta^{(1)}_g$, the scaling exponent $\zeta_1^{(\theta)}$ of the scalar structure function $D_1^{(\theta)}(r)$, and the structure function D_2(r) of the underlying flow field is derived. Different from the 3-d case, the 2-d structure function also depends on an additional parameter, characteristic of the driving of the passive scalar. In the enstrophy inertial subrange a mean field approximation for the velocity structure function gives a scaling of the passive scalar graph with $\delta^{(1)}_g<2$ for intermediate and large values of the Prandtl number Pr. In the energy inertial subrange a model for the energy spectrum and thus D_2(r) gives a passive scalar graph scaling with exponent $\delta^{(1)}_g={5/3}$. Finally, we discuss an application to recent observations of scalar dispersion in non-universal 2-d flows.
Eckhardt Bruno
Schumacher Joerg
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