Comment on Extended self-similarity in turbulent flows''

Journal Article · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1995 · Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.51.2669· OSTI ID:6476647

van de Water, W; Herweijer, J ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven (Netherlands)

A recent paper [R. Benzi [ital et] [ital al]., Phys. Rev. E 48, R29 (1993)] concluded that the scaling of turbulent structure functions extends deeper into the viscous subrange than what has been assumed so far. We comment on this notion of extended selfsimilarity.'' We verify the (approximate) universal character of the viscous subrange scaling of structure functions but show that it is different from their inertial range scaling. The effect is small (although significant) in laboratory flows and it has profound consequences for the multifractal model.

• OSTI ID: 6476647
• Journal Information: Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics; (United States), Vol. 51:3; ISSN 1063-651X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
TURBULENT FLOW
STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS
CORRELATION FUNCTIONS
ENERGY SPECTRA
ENERGY TRANSFER
FRACTALS
INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW
REYNOLDS NUMBER
SCALING LAWS
VISCOUS FLOW
FLUID FLOW
FUNCTIONS
SPECTRA
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