| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 71, Number 4, August 2005
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 590 - 596 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, optics, acoustics, heat transfer, classical mechanics, and fluid dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10111-6 | |
| Published online | 13 July 2005 | |
Effects of friction on 2D turbulence: An experimental study of the direct cascade
1
Dipartimento di Fisica Generale and INFN, Università degli Studi di Torino Via Pietro Giuria 1, I-10125 Torino, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Idraulica, Trasporti e Strade, Università “La Sapienza” Via Eudossiana 18, I-00184 Roma, Italy
3
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università “La Sapienza” P.le A. Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy
Received:
24
March
2005
Accepted:
9
June
2005
We study the direct enstrophy cascade in a two-dimensional flow generated in an electromagnetically driven thin layer of fluid. Due to the presence of bottom friction, the energy spectrum deviates from the classical Kraichnan prediction k-3. We find that the correction to the spectral slope depends on the thickness on the layer, in agreement with a theoretical prediction based on the analogy with passive scalar statistics.
PACS: 47.27.Gs – Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence / 47.52.+j – Chaos
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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