Statistics of Lagrangian velocities in turbulent flows

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作者
Friedrich, R [1 ]
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[1] Univ Munster, Inst Theoret Phys, D-48149 Munster, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.084501
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present a generalized Fokker-Planck equation for the joint position-velocity probability distribution of a single fluid particle in a turbulent flow. Based on a simple estimate, the diffusion term is related to the two-point two-time Eulerian acceleration-acceleration correlation. Dimensional analysis yields a velocity increment probability distribution with normal scaling vapproximate tot(1/2). However, the statistics need not be Gaussian.
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