| Issue |
EPL
Volume 93, Number 3, February 2011
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 34003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Electromagnetism, Optics, Acoustics, Heat Transfer, Classical Mechanics, and Fluid Dynamics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/93/34003 | |
| Published online | 14 February 2011 | |
Theory for the single-point velocity statistics of fully developed turbulence
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität - Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, 48149 Münster, Germany, EU
Received:
16
September
2010
Accepted:
14
January
2011
We investigate the single-point velocity probability density function (PDF) in three-dimensional fully developed homogeneous isotropic turbulence within the framework of PDF equations focussing on deviations from Gaussianity. A joint analytical and numerical analysis shows that these deviations may be quantified studying correlations of dynamical quantities like pressure gradient, external forcing and energy dissipation with the velocity. A stationary solution for the PDF equation in terms of these quantities is presented, and the theory is validated with the help of direct numerical simulations indicating sub-Gaussian tails of the PDF.
PACS: 47.27.eb – Statistical theories and models / 47.27.Gs – Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence / 47.27.E- – Turbulence simulation and modeling
© EPLA, 2011
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