Velocity inertial subrange model

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

This is the common definition for Velocity inertial subrange model, but other definitions maybe discussed within the wiki.

Inertial subrange for steady-flows

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

[math]\displaystyle{ \Psi_{Vj}(\hat{k})=a_jC_k\varepsilon^{2/3}\hat{k}^{-5/3} }[/math]

Here [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{k} }[/math] is expressed in rad/m and [math]\displaystyle{ Vj }[/math] represents the velocities [math]\displaystyle{ V }[/math] in direction [math]\displaystyle{ j }[/math]. [math]\displaystyle{ C_k }[/math] is the empirical Kolmogorov universal constant of C = 1.5 [1]. Amongst the three direction, the spectra deviates by the constant [math]\displaystyle{ a_j }[/math]: [2]

  • In the longitudinal direction, i.e., the direction of mean advection (j=1), [math]\displaystyle{ a_1=\frac{18}{55} }[/math]
  • In the other directions [math]\displaystyle{ a_2=a_3=\frac{4}{3}a_1 }[/math]

Inertial subrange for flows influenced by surface waves

Need to add equations and figures from Lumley & Terray[3]

Notes

  1. K. R. Sreenivasan. 1995. On the universality of the Kolmogorov constant. Phys. Fluids. doi:10.1063/1.868656
  2. S.B Pope. 2000. Turbulent flows. Cambridge Univ. Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511840531
  3. J. Lumley and E. Terray. 1983. Kinematics of turbulence convected by a random wave field. J. Phys. Oceanogr. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1983)013\l2000:KOTCBA\g2.0.CO;2