Statistics of 3-dimensional Lagrangian turbulence

Details Statistics of 3-dimensional Lagrangian turbulence Statistics of 3-dimensional Lagrangian turbulence

2006-06-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606655v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 3 figures. Replaced by final version accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.064502

We consider a superstatistical dynamical model for the 3-d movement of a Lagrangian tracer particle embedded in a high-Reynolds number turbulent flow. The analytical model predictions are in excellent agreement with recent experimental data for flow between counter-rotating disks. In particular, we calculate the Lagrangian scaling exponents zeta_j for our system, and show that they agree well with the measured exponents reported in [X. Hu et al., PRL 96, 114503 (2006)]. Moreover, the model correctly predicts the shape of velocity difference and acceleration probability densities, the fast decay of component correlation functions and the slow decay of the modulus, as well as the statistical dependence between acceleration components. Finally, the model explains the numerically [P.K. Yeung and S.B. Pope, J. Fluid Mech. 207, 531 (1989)] and experimentally observed fact [B.W. Zeff et al., Nature 421, 146 (2003)] that enstrophy lags behind dissipation.

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