Universal functions for Burgers turbulence

Shadab Alam, P. K. Sahu, and Mahendra K. Verma
Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 074605 – Published 22 July 2022

Abstract

For the steady state of Burgers turbulence, Saffman [in Topics in Nonlinear Physics (Springer, Berlin, 1968), pp. 485–614] derived analytical expressions for the second-order structure function and energy spectrum in the inertial-dissipation range. By nondimensionalizing these quantities, we derive universal functions for the structure function and the energy spectrum and flux. We simulate Burgers turbulence with large-scale forcing for various injection rates and viscosity. For all these runs, the nondimensionalized structure functions and the energy spectra and fluxes collapse to the respective universal functions.

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  • Received 19 March 2022
  • Accepted 6 July 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.074605

©2022 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Fluid Dynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Shadab Alam1,*, P. K. Sahu2,†, and Mahendra K. Verma3,‡

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
  • 2Department of Mathematics, Government Shyama Prasad Mukharjee College, Sitapur 497111, Chhattisgarh, India
  • 3Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India

  • *Corresponding author: shadab@iitk.ac.in
  • praveensahu173@gmail.com
  • mkv@iitk.ac.in

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Vol. 7, Iss. 7 — July 2022

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