Fractal iso-level sets in high-Reynolds-number scalar turbulence
Fractal iso-level sets in high-Reynolds-number scalar turbulence
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高雷诺数标量湍流中的分形等能级集
DOI:
10.1103/physrevfluids.5.044501
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
P. Yeung
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作者:
K. Iyer;Jörg Schumacher;K. Sreenivasan;P. Yeung
We study the fractal scaling of iso-levels sets of a passive scalar mixed by three-dimensional homogeneous and isotropic turbulence at high Reynolds numbers. The Schmidt number is unity. A fractal box-counting dimension $D_F$ can be obtained for iso-levels below about $3$ standard deviations of the scalar fluctuation on either side of its mean value. The dimension varies systematically with the iso-level, with a maximum of about $8/3$ for the iso-level at the mean; this maximum dimension also follows as an upper bound from the geometric measure theory. We interpret this result to mean that mixing in turbulence is always incomplete. A unique box-counting dimension for all iso-levels results when we consider the spatial support of the steep cliffs of the scalar conditioned on local strain; that unique dimension is about $4/3$.
影响因子:
1.4
作者:
E. Villermaux
通讯作者:
E. Villermaux