Critical dimension for hydrodynamic turbulence
Hydrodynamic turbulence exhibits nonequilibrium behavior with k^{-5/3} energy spectrum, and equilibrium behavior with k^{d-1} energy spectrum and zero viscosity, where d is the space dimension. Using recursive renormalization group in Craya-Herring basis, we show that the nonequilibrium solution is valid only for d<6, whereas equilibrium solution with zero viscosity is the only solution for d>6. Thus, d=6 is the critical dimension for hydrodynamic turbulence. In addition, we show that the energy flux changes sign from positive to negative near d=2.15. We also compute the energy flux and Kolmogorov's constants for various d's, and observe that our results are in good agreement with past numerical results.
Authors
- Mahendra K. Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3380-4561)
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. E
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.110.035102
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.12
Funders
- Science and Engineering Research Board