Generation of Lagrangian intermittency in turbulence by a self-similar mechanism

Intermittency, i.e., extreme fluctuations at small scales, causes the deviation of turbulence statistics from Kolmogorov's 1941 theoretical predictions. Intermittency effects are especially strong for Lagrangian statistics. Our understanding of how Lagrangian intermittency manifests, however, i...

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Main Authors: Michael Wilczek, Haitao Xu, Nicholas T Ouellette, Rudolf Friedrich, Eberhard Bodenschatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/5/055015