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Three-dimensional Iroshnikov-Kraichnan turbulence in a mean magnetic field
Forced, weak MHD turbulence with guide field is shown to adopt different
regimes, depending on the magnetic excess of the large forced scales. When the
magnetic excess is large enough, the classical perpendicular cascade with
scaling is obtained, while when equipartition is imposed, an isotropic
scaling appears in all directions with respect to the mean field
(\cite{2010PhRvE..82b6406G} or GM10). We show here that the scaling of
the GM10 regime is not ruled by a small-scale cross-helicity cascade, and
propose that it is a 3D extension of a perpendicular weak Iroshnikov-Kraichnan
(IK) cascade. We analyze in detail the structure functions in real space and
show that they closely follow the critical balance relation both in the local
frame and the global frame: we show that there is no contradiction between this
and the isotropic scaling of the spectra. We propose a scenario
explaining the spectral structure of the GM10 regime, that starts with a
perpendicular weak IK cascade and extends to 3D by using quasi-resonant
couplings. The quasi-resonance condition happens to reduce the energy flux in
the same way as is done in the weak perpendicular cascade, so leading to a
scaling in all directions. We discuss the possible applications of these
findings to solar wind turbulence.Comment: Major re-write of manuscrip
The friction factor of two-dimensional rough-boundary turbulent soap film flows
We use momentum transfer arguments to predict the friction factor in
two-dimensional turbulent soap-film flows with rough boundaries (an analogue of
three-dimensional pipe flow) as a function of Reynolds number Re and roughness
, considering separately the inverse energy cascade and the forward
enstrophy cascade. At intermediate Re, we predict a Blasius-like friction
factor scaling of in flows dominated by the
enstrophy cascade, distinct from the energy cascade scaling of
. For large Re, in the enstrophy-dominated case.
We use conformal map techniques to perform direct numerical simulations that
are in satisfactory agreement with theory, and exhibit data collapse scaling of
roughness-induced criticality, previously shown to arise in the 3D pipe data of
Nikuradse.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Inertial range scaling of the scalar flux spectrum in two-dimensional turbulence
Two-dimensional statistically stationary isotropic turbulence with an imposed
uniform scalar gradient is investigated. Dimensional arguments are presented to
predict the inertial range scaling of the turbulent scalar flux spectrum in
both the inverse cascade range and the enstrophy cascade range for small and
unity Schmidt numbers. The scaling predictions are checked by direct numerical
simulations and good agreement is observed
A stochastic model of cascades in 2D turbulence
The dual cascade of energy and enstrophy in 2D turbulence cannot easily be
understood in terms of an analog to the Richardson-Kolmogorov scenario
describing the energy cascade in 3D turbulence. The coherent up- and downscale
fluxes points to non-locality of interactions in spectral space, and thus the
specific spatial structure of the flow could be important. Shell models, which
lack spacial structure and have only local interactions in spectral space,
indeed fail in reproducing the correct scaling for the inverse cascade of
energy. In order to exclude the possibility that non-locality of interactions
in spectral space is crucial for the dual cascade, we introduce a stochastic
spectral model of the cascades which is local in spectral space and which shows
the correct scaling for both the direct enstrophy - and the inverse energy
cascade.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Translationally invariant cumulants in energy cascade models of turbulence
In the context of random multiplicative energy cascade processes, we derive
analytical expressions for translationally invariant one- and two-point
cumulants in logarithmic field amplitudes. Such cumulants make it possible to
distinguish between hitherto equally successful cascade generator models and
hence supplement lowest-order multifractal scaling exponents and multiplier
distributions.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figs, elsart.cls include
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