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    Energy spectrum of buoyancy-driven turbulence

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    Authors
    Kumar, Abhishek
    Chatterjee, Anando G.
    Verma, Mahendra K. cc
    Date
    2014-08-25
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    Using high-resolution direct numerical simulation and arguments based on the kinetic energy flux Πu, we demonstrate that, for stably stratified flows, the kinetic energy spectrum Eu(k)∼k-11/5, the potential energy spectrum Eθ(k)∼k-7/5, and Πu(k)∼k-4/5 are consistent with the Bolgiano-Obukhov scaling. This scaling arises due to the conversion of kinetic energy to the potential energy by buoyancy. For weaker buoyancy, this conversion is weak, hence Eu(k) follows Kolmogorov's spectrum with a constant energy flux. For Rayleigh-Bénard convection, we show that the energy supply rate by buoyancy is positive, which leads to an increasing Πu(k) with k, thus ruling out Bolgiano-Obukhov scaling for the convective turbulence. Our numerical results show that convective turbulence for unit Prandt number exhibits a constant Πu(k) and Eu(k)∼k-5/3 for a narrow band of wave numbers. © 2014 American Physical Society.
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    Kumar A, Chatterjee AG, Verma MK (2014) Energy spectrum of buoyancy-driven turbulence. Phys Rev E 90. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.90.023016.
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    Our numerical simulations were performed at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) and the IBM Blue Gene P “Shaheen” at KAUST supercomputing laboratory, Saudi Arabia. This work was supported by a research grant (Grant No. SERB/F/3279) from the Science and Engineering Research Board, India. We thank Ambrish Pandey, Anindya Chatterjee, Pankaj Mishra, and Mani Chandra for valuable suggestions.
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    American Physical Society (APS)
    Journal
    Physical Review E
    DOI
    10.1103/PhysRevE.90.023016
    PubMed ID
    25215829
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    10.1103/PhysRevE.90.023016
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