Velocity inertial subrange model

Short definition of Velocity inertial subrange model
The inertial subrange separates the energy-containing production range from the viscous dissipation range.

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Inertial subrange for steady-flows

This theoretical model predicts the spectral shape of velocities in wavenumber space.

${\mathrm{\Psi }}_{Vj}(\hat{k})=a_j{C}_k{\epsilon }^{2/3}{\hat{k}}^{-5/3}$

Here $\hat{k}$ is expressed in rad/m and $Vj$ represents the velocities $V$ in direction $j$. $C_k$ is the empirical Kolmogorov universal constant of C = 1.5 (see Sreenivasan 1995 for a review on the universality of this constant). Amongst the three direction, the spectra deviates by the constant $a_j$:

• In the longitudinal direction, i.e., the direction of mean advection (j=1), $a_1=\frac{18}{55}$
• In the other directions $a_2=a_3=\frac{4}{3}{a}_1$

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Inertial subrange for flows influenced by surface waves

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