On the Relation between Statistics of Scalar and Velocity Fluctuations in Developed Turbulence
Affiliation:
1. Centre de Recherches sur les Tres Basses Témperatures, laboratoire associé à l’Université
Abstract
Abstract
For a developed turbulence it is shown how the statistics of a passive scalar, namely the probability density function of the temperature, can be related to the velocity intermittency. The results are compared with recent experimental findings on a grid-generated turbulence.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy,Mathematical Physics