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Possible Statistics of Two Coupled Random Fields: Application to Passive ScalarWe use the relativity postulate of scale invariance to derive the similarity transformations between two coupled scale-invariant random elds at different scales. We nd the equations leading to the scaling exponents. This formulation is applied to the case of passive scalars advected i) by a random Gaussian velocity field; and ii) by a turbulent velocity field. In the Gaussian case, we show that the passive scalar increments follow a log-Levy distribution generalizing Kraichnan's solution and, in an appropriate limit, a log-normal distribution. In the turbulent case, we show that when the velocity increments follow a log-Poisson statistics, the passive scalar increments follow a statistics close to log-Poisson. This result explains the experimental observations of Ruiz et al. about the temperature increments.
Document ID
20000120209
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Dubrulle, B.
(Observatoire de Midi-Pyrenees Toulouse, France)
He, Guo-Wei
(Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering Hampton, VA United States)
Bushnell, Dennis M.
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 2000
Subject Category
Fluid Mechanics And Thermodynamics
Report/Patent Number
ICASE-2000-41
NASA/CR-2000-210553
NAS 1.26:210553
Report Number: ICASE-2000-41
Report Number: NASA/CR-2000-210553
Report Number: NAS 1.26:210553
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-97046
PROJECT: RTOP 505-90-52-01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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