Emergence of universal scaling in isotropic turbulence

Sualeh Khurshid, Diego A. Donzis, Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

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Abstract

Universal properties of turbulence have been associated traditionally with very high Reynolds numbers, but recent work has shown that the onset of the power laws in derivative statistics occurs at modest microscale Reynolds numbers of the order of 10, with the corresponding exponents being consistent with those for the inertial range structure functions at very high Reynolds numbers. In this paper we use well-resolved direct numerical simulations of homogeneous and isotropic turbulence to establish this result for a range of initial conditions with different forcing mechanisms. We also show that the moments of transverse velocity gradients possess larger scaling exponents than those of the longitudinal moments, confirming past results that the former are more intermittent than the latter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number045102
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume107
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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