Single-Particle Motion and Vortex Stretching in Three-Dimensional Turbulent Flows
2016 | journal article. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.
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- Authors
- Pumir, Alain; Xu, Haitao; Bodenschatz, Eberhard ; Grauer, Rainer
- Abstract
- Three-dimensional turbulent flows are characterized by a flux of energy from large to small scales, which breaks the time reversal symmetry. The motion of tracer particles, which tend to lose energy faster than they gain it, is also irreversible. Here, we connect the time irreversibility in the motion of single tracers with vortex stretching and thus with the generation of the smallest scales.
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Status
- published
- Publisher
- Amer Physical Soc
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- eISSN
- 1079-7114
- ISSN
- 1079-7114; 0031-9007
- Language
- English