A cascade model for the discontinuous absorbing phase transition between turbulent and laminar flows
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| author | Bertin, Eric Andrix, Alex Godais, Gaël Le |
| author_facet | Bertin, Eric Andrix, Alex Godais, Gaël Le |
| contents | We introduce a minimal model of energy transfer through scales to describe, at a qualitative level, the subcritical transition between laminar and turbulent flows, viewed in a statistical physics framework as a discontinuous absorbing phase transition. The main control parameter of the model is a Reynolds number that compares energy transfer to viscous dissipation on a large length scale. In spite of its simplicity, the model qualitatively reproduces a number of salient features of the subcritical laminar-turbulent transition, including the existence of an absorbing laminar state, the discontinuous onset of a metastable fluctuating turbulent state above a threshold Reynolds number, and a faster-than-exponential increase of the turbulence lifetime when increasing the Reynolds number. The behavior of the model is also consistent, at high Reynolds number, with the Kolmogorov K41 phenomenology of fully developed turbulence. |
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| spellingShingle | A cascade model for the discontinuous absorbing phase transition between turbulent and laminar flows Bertin, Eric Andrix, Alex Godais, Gaël Le Fluid Dynamics Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics We introduce a minimal model of energy transfer through scales to describe, at a qualitative level, the subcritical transition between laminar and turbulent flows, viewed in a statistical physics framework as a discontinuous absorbing phase transition. The main control parameter of the model is a Reynolds number that compares energy transfer to viscous dissipation on a large length scale. In spite of its simplicity, the model qualitatively reproduces a number of salient features of the subcritical laminar-turbulent transition, including the existence of an absorbing laminar state, the discontinuous onset of a metastable fluctuating turbulent state above a threshold Reynolds number, and a faster-than-exponential increase of the turbulence lifetime when increasing the Reynolds number. The behavior of the model is also consistent, at high Reynolds number, with the Kolmogorov K41 phenomenology of fully developed turbulence. |
| title | A cascade model for the discontinuous absorbing phase transition between turbulent and laminar flows |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11324 |