Single flow snapshot reveals the future and the past of pairs of particles in turbulence

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Abstract

We develop an analytic formalism and derive new exact relations that express the short-time dispersion of fluid particles via the single-time velocity correlation functions in homogeneous isotropic and incompressible turbulence. The formalism establishes a bridge between single-time Eulerian and long-time Lagrangian pictures of turbulent flows. In particular, we derive an exact formula for a short-term counterpart of the long-time Richardson law, and we identify a conservation law of turbulent dispersion which is true even in nonstationary turbulence.

Original languageEnglish
Article number214502
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume110
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 May 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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