| Issue |
EPL
Volume 84, Number 1, October 2008
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 10011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/84/10011 | |
| Published online | 24 September 2008 | |
Kolmogorov scaling from random force fields
1
Niels Bohr Institute - Blegdamsvej 17, Dk 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark, EU (URL: http://cmol.nbi.dk.)
2
Center for Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo - Oslo, Norway
Corresponding authors: mhjensen@nbi.dk sneppen@nbi.dk luiza.angheluta@fys.uio.no
Received:
11
April
2008
Accepted:
25
August
2008
We show that the classical Kolmogorov and Richardson scaling laws in fully developed turbulence are consistent with a random Gaussian force field. Numerical simulations of a shell model for turbulence suggest that the fluctuations in the force (acceleration) field are scale independent throughout the inertial regime. We find that Lagrangian statistics of the relative velocity in a turbulent flow is determined by the typical force field, whereas the multiscaling is associated to extreme events in the force field fluctuations.
PACS: 05.20.Jj – Statistical mechanics of classical fluids / 05.40.-a – Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion / 47.27.-i – Turbulent flows
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