Velocity difference statistics in turbulence

Details Velocity difference statistics in turbulence Velocity difference statistics in turbulence

2005-02-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502301v2

Phys. Rev. E, 72, 026304 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

8 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.72.026304

We unify two approaches that have been taken to explain the non-Gaussian probability distribution functions (PDFs) obtained in measurements of longitudinal velocity differences in turbulence, and we apply our approach to Couette-Taylor turbulence data. The first approach we consider was developed by Castaing and coworkers, who obtained the non-Gaussian velocity difference PDF from a superposition of Gaussian distributions for subsystems that have a particular energy dissipation rate at a fixed length scale [Castaing et al., {\it Physica D} {\bf 46}, 177 (1990)]. Another approach was proposed by Beck and Cohen, who showed that the observed PDFs can be obtained from a superposition of Gaussian velocity difference PDFs in subsystems conditioned on the value of an intensive variable (inverse ``effective temperature'') in each subsystem [Beck and Cohen, {\it Physica A} {\bf 322}, 267 (2003)]. The intensive variable was defined for subsystems assuming local thermodynamic equilibrium, but no method was proposed for determining the size of a subsystem. We show that the Castaing and Beck-Cohen methods are related, and we present a way to determine subsystem size in the Beck-Cohen method. The application of our approach to Couette-Taylor turbulence (Reynolds number $540~000$) yields a log-normal distribution of the intensive parameter, and the resultant velocity difference PDF agrees well the observed non-Gaussian velocity difference PDFs.

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