Energy spectrum of buoyancy-driven turbulence
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Energy spectrum of buoyancy-driven turbulence.
Using high-resolution direct numerical simulation and arguments based on the kinetic energy flux Π(u), we demonstrate that, for stably stratified flows, the kinetic energy spectrum E(u)(k)∼k(-11/5), the potential energy spectrum E(θ)(k)∼k(-7/5), and Π(u)(k)∼k(-4/5) are consistent with the Bolgiano-Obukhov scaling. This scaling arises due to the conversion of kinetic energy to the potential ener...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.90.023016