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Scale-similarity model for Lagrangian velocity correlations in isotropic and stationary turbulence
Guo-Wei He1, Guodong Jin, Xin Zhao
1LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China. hgw@lnm.imech.ac.cn
Abstract:
A scale-similarity model for Lagrangian two-point, two-time velocity correlations (LVCs) in isotropic turbulence is developed from the Kolmogorov similarity hypothesis. It is a second approximation to the isocontours of LVCs, while the Smith-Hay model is only a first approximation. This model expresses the LVC by its space correlation and a dispersion velocity. We derive the analytical expression for the dispersion velocity from the Navier-Stokes equations using the quasinormality assumption. The dispersion velocity is dependent on enstrophy spectra and shown to be smaller than the sweeping velocity for the Eulerian velocity correlation. Therefore, the Lagrangian decorrelation process is slower than the Eulerian decorrelation process. The data from direct numerical simulation of isotropic turbulence support the scale-similarity model: the LVCs for different space separations collapse into a universal form when plotted against the separation axis defined by the model.
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