Turbulence theories and statistical closure approaches

Y Zhou - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
When discussing research in physics and in science more generally, it is common to ascribe
equal importance to the three components of the scientific trinity: theoretical, experimental …

The near-neutral atmospheric surface layer: turbulence and non-stationarity

M Metzger, BJ McKeon… - … Transactions of the …, 2007 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The neutrally stable atmospheric surface layer is used as a physical model of a very high
Reynolds number, canonical turbulent boundary layer. Challenges and limitations with this …

Micro-structure and Lagrangian statistics of the scalar field with a mean gradient in isotropic turbulence

G Brethouwer, JCR Hunt… - Journal of Fluid …, 2003 - cambridge.org
This paper presents an analysis and numerical study of the relations between the small-
scale velocity and scalar fields in fully developed isotropic turbulence with random forcing of …

Numerical study on the validity of the Taylor hypothesis in space plasmas

S Perri, S Servidio, A Vaivads… - The astrophysical journal …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In situ heliospheric measurements allow us to resolve fluctuations as a function of frequency.
A crucial point is to describe the power spectral density as a function of the wavenumber, in …

Passive scalar transport in turbulence: a computational perspective

T Gotoh, PK Yeung, PA Davidson… - Ten chapters in …, 2013 - books.google.com
20/0t+ uV0 kV²0+ fo=(3.1) which governs the evolution of the fluctuation of a passive
scalar→(of mean ()) in an incompressible fluid velocity field u that satisfies the Navier-Stokes …

Fluctuations of a passive scalar in a turbulent mixing layer

A Attili, F Bisetti - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2013 - APS
The turbulent flow originating downstream of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in a mixing
layer has great relevance in many applications, ranging from atmospheric physics to …

Time scales in the unstable atmospheric surface layer

M Metzger, H Holmes - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2008 - Springer
Calculation of eddy covariances in the atmospheric surface layer (ASL) requires separating
the instantaneous signal into mean and fluctuating components. Since the ASL is not …

Universality and anisotropy in passive scalar fluctuations in turbulence with uniform mean gradient

T Gotoh, T Watanabe, Y Suzuki - Journal of Turbulence, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Passive scalar and velocity fluctuations in homogeneous isotropic turbulence with or without
mean scalar gradient are studied by using high-resolution direct numerical simulation …

Anomalous scaling of a passive scalar advected by a turbulent velocity field with finite correlation time and uniaxial small-scale anisotropy

E Jurčišinová, M Jurčišin - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2008 - APS
The influence of uniaxial small-scale anisotropy on the stability of the scaling regimes and
on the anomalous scaling of the structure functions of a passive scalar advected by a …

Passive scalar small-scale anisotropy and mixing characteristics in magnetohydrodynamic turbulent channel flow

Z Pouransari - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In wall-bounded turbulent flows, both velocity and scalar fluctuations exhibit inhomogeneity
and anisotropy. This study investigates the statistical properties of the small-scale scalar …