Microscopic fluctuations and turbulence
Abstract
The effect of thermal fluctuations on a turbulent flow is estimated, and it is argued that these fluctuations are important in selecting the stationary measure on phase space which describes turbulence.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- June 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(79)90653-4
- Bibcode:
- 1979PhLA...72...81R
- Keywords:
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- Kolmogoroff Theory;
- Thermal Instability;
- Turbulent Flow;
- Viscous Fluids;
- Boundary Value Problems;
- Molecular Flow;
- Reynolds Number;
- Small Perturbation Flow;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer