Wavelet-based regularization of the Galerkin truncated three-dimensional incompressible Euler flows

We present numerical simulations of the three-dimensional Galerkin truncated incompressible Euler equations that we integrate in time while regularizing the solution by applying a wavelet-based denoising. For this, at each time step, the vorticity field is decomposed into wavelet coefficients, which are split into strong and weak coefficients, before reconstructing them in physical space to obtain the corresponding coherent and incoherent vorticities. Both components are multiscale and orthogonal to each other. Then, by using the Biot-Savart kernel, one obtains the coherent and incoherent velocities. Advancing the coherent flow in time, while filtering out the noiselike incoherent flow, models turbulent dissipation and corresponds to an adaptive regularization. To track the flow evolution in both space and scale, a safety zone is added in wavelet coefficient space to the coherent wavelet coefficients. It is shown that the coherent flow indeed exhibits an intermittent nonlinear dynamics and a k^{-5/3} energy spectrum, where k is the wave number, characteristic of three-dimensional homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Finally, we compare the dynamical and statistical properties of Euler flows subjected to four kinds of regularizations: dissipative (Navier-Stokes), hyperdissipative (iterated Laplacian), dispersive (Euler-Voigt), and wavelet-based regularizations.