arXiv · nlin/0310022
Effects of forcing in three dimensional turbulent flows
Abstract
We present the results of a numerical investigation of three-dimensional homogeneous and isotropic turbulence, stirred by a random forcing with a power law spectrum, $E_f(k)\sim k^{3-y}$. Numerical simulations are performed at different resolutions up to $512^3$. We show that at varying the spectrum slope $y$, small-scale turbulent fluctuations change from a {\it forcing independent} to a {\it forcing dominated} statistics. We argue that the critical value separating the two behaviours, in three dimensions, is $y_c=4$. When the statistics is forcing dominated, for $y y_c$, we find the same anomalous scaling measured in flows forced only at large scales. We connect these results with the issue of {\it universality} in turbulent flows.
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Luca Biferale, Alessandra Lanotte, Federico Toschi. 2003-10-16. Effects of forcing in three dimensional turbulent flows. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.094503
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