RELAXATION IN 2 DIMENSIONS AND THE SINH-POISSON EQUATION

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作者
MONTGOMERY, D [1 ]
MATTHAEUS, WH [1 ]
STRIBLING, WT [1 ]
MARTINEZ, D [1 ]
OUGHTON, S [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV DELAWARE,BARTOL RES INST,NEWARK,DE 19716
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PHYSICS OF FLUIDS A-FLUID DYNAMICS | 1992年 / 4卷 / 01期
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10.1063/1.858525
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O3 [力学];
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08 ; 0801 ;
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Long-time states of a turbulent, decaying, two-dimensional, Navier-Stokes flow are shown numerically to relax toward maximum-entropy configurations, as defined by the "sinh-Poisson" equation. The large-scale Reynolds number is about 14 000, the spatial resolution is (512)2, the boundary conditions are spatially periodic, and the evolution takes place over nearly 400 large-scale eddy-turnover times.
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