Comparison of direct numerical simulations with predictions of two-point closures for isotropic turbulence convecting a passive scalar

DOI10.1017/S0022112082001049zbMath0483.76057MaRDI QIDQ3942610

Jackson R. Herring, Robert M. Kerr

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Prandtl numberdirect numerical simulationsPeclet numbertest-field modeldirect-interaction approximationdecay of initially Gaussian field of turbulence convecting a passive scalarpredictions of two-point closuresTaylor microscale Reynolds number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotropic turbulence; homogeneous turbulence (76F05) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Spectral transfer and bispectra for turbulence with passive scalars, Development of enstrophy and spectra in numerical turbulence, Efficient solution of non-Markovian covariance evolution equations in fluid turbulence, Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows with chemical reaction, Spectral large-eddy simulation of isotropic and stably stratified turbulence, Power-law decay of homogeneous turbulence at low Reynolds numbers, Helicity in the formation of turbulence, Turbulence theories and statistical closure approaches, Modeling of the joint PDF of a scalar and its gradient in turbulent mixing

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• Approximations for Steady-State Isotropic Turbulence
• Small-Scale Structure of a Scalar Field Convected by Turbulence
• Statistical Theory of Thermal Convection at Large Prandtl Number
• An almost-Markovian Galilean-invariant turbulence model