Intermittency and non-Gaussian fluctuations of the global energy transfer in fully developed turbulence

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dc.creatorPortelli, B.
dc.creatorHoldsworth, P. C. W.
dc.creatorPinton, J. -F.
dc.date2001-12-31
dc.date2003-03-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:43:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:43:59Z
dc.descriptionWe address the experimentally observed non-Gaussian fluctuations for the energy injected into a closed turbulent flow at fixed Reynolds number. We propose that the power fluctuations mirror the internal kinetic energy fluctuations. Using a stochastic cascade model, we construct the excess kinetic energy as the sum over the energy transfers at different levels of the cascade. We find an asymmetric distribution that strongly resembles the experimental data. The asymmetry is an explicit consequence of intermittency and the global measure is dominated by small scale events correlated over the entire system. Our calculation is consistent with the statistical analogy recently made between a confined turbulent flow and a critical system of finite size.
dc.descriptionTo appear in Physical Review Letters
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0112503
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0112503
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/18731
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleIntermittency and non-Gaussian fluctuations of the global energy transfer in fully developed turbulence
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