在完全发达的流中,流体粒子加速
A La Porta1, G A Voth, A M Crawford
1Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501, USA.
Nature
|March 10, 2001
概括
研究人员测量了流水流中的流体粒子加速,证实了高雷诺兹数的科尔摩戈罗夫缩放. 发现粒子加速非常间歇,达到极端值.
科学领域:
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 流的研究研究流.
- 统计物理学的统计物理.
背景情况:
- 在流中粒子运动对于运输和混合至关重要.
- 了解流体粒子加速是验证流理论的关键,比如科尔莫戈罗夫1941年的缩放.
- 之前的研究在准确测量粒子加速方面遇到了挑战.
研究的目的:
- 在流中实验性地研究流体粒子加速.
- 为了测试基于科尔莫戈罗夫理论的海森伯格-雅格洛姆预测.
- 量化粒子加速的间歇性和缩放.
主要方法:
- 利用一种从高能物理学中适应的探测器来追踪粒子.
- 在实验室水流中进行实验.
- 达到了雷诺兹数达到了63,000个.
主要成果:
- 观察到高雷诺兹数的加速方差的科尔摩戈罗夫缩放,在实验误差范围内.
- 发现粒子加速非常间歇,峰值高达重力的1500倍.
- 值得注意的是,加速数据反映了所有测试的雷诺兹数中大规模流动的异构性.
结论:
- 实验结果支持科尔莫戈罗夫在流中流体粒子加速的缩放理论.
- 加速的极端间歇性突出了流的关键特征.
- 大规模流动的异质性影响了所有研究的尺度上的粒子加速.
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