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Dispersion of Lagrangian trajectories in a random large-scale velocity field
V. R. Kogan L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
We study the distribution of the distance R(t) between two Lagrangian trajectories in a spatially smooth turbulent velocity field with an arbitrary correlation time and a non-Gaussian distribution. There are two dimensionless parameters, the degree of deviation from the Gaussian distribution α and β=τD, where τ is the velocity correlation time and D is a characteristic velocity gradient. Asymptotically, R(t) has a lognormal distribution characterized by the mean runaway velocity ˉλ and the dispersion Δ. We use the method of higher space dimensions d to estimate ˉλ and Δ for different values of α and β. It was shown previously that ˉλ∼D for β≪1 and ˉλ∼√D/τ for β≫1. The estimate of Δ is then nonuniversal and depends on details of the two-point velocity correlator. Higher-order velocity correlators give an additional contribution to Δ estimated as αD2τ for β≪1 and αβ/τ for β≫1. For α above some critical value αcr, the values of ˉλ and Δ are determined by higher irreducible correlators of the velocity gradient, and our approach loses its applicability. This critical value can be estimated as αcr∼β−1 for β≪1 and αcr∼β−1/2 for β≫1.
Received: 09.04.1999 Revised: 28.06.1999
Citation:
V. R. Kogan, “Dispersion of Lagrangian trajectories in a random large-scale velocity field”, TMF, 122:3 (2000), 456–467; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 122:3 (2000), 380–389
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