Acceleration of Lagrangian Particles in Shell Models of Turbulence

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Autores principales: Piro, Lorenzo, Cencini, Massimo, Benzi, Roberto
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author Piro, Lorenzo
Cencini, Massimo
Benzi, Roberto
author_facet Piro, Lorenzo
Cencini, Massimo
Benzi, Roberto
contents Lagrangian acceleration has been investigated both experimentally and numerically in the past, and it has been shown to exhibit extreme fluctuations, which have been rationalized as events in which tracer particles get trapped into vortical structures such as vortex tubes or filaments. Here, we consider the statistics of acceleration within the multifractal framework, as in Biferale et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 064502 (2004), and investigate the statistics of Lagrangian acceleration using shell models of turbulence, as in G. Boffetta et al. Phys. Rev. E 66, 066307 (2002), that -- by construction -- do not contain vortical structures. Our analysis shows that, even in the absence of coherent vortex structures, the multifractal model accurately captures the extreme intermittent fluctuations observed in the acceleration, with predictions that remain robust across a wide range of Reynolds numbers.
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spellingShingle Acceleration of Lagrangian Particles in Shell Models of Turbulence
Piro, Lorenzo
Cencini, Massimo
Benzi, Roberto
Fluid Dynamics
Lagrangian acceleration has been investigated both experimentally and numerically in the past, and it has been shown to exhibit extreme fluctuations, which have been rationalized as events in which tracer particles get trapped into vortical structures such as vortex tubes or filaments. Here, we consider the statistics of acceleration within the multifractal framework, as in Biferale et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 064502 (2004), and investigate the statistics of Lagrangian acceleration using shell models of turbulence, as in G. Boffetta et al. Phys. Rev. E 66, 066307 (2002), that -- by construction -- do not contain vortical structures. Our analysis shows that, even in the absence of coherent vortex structures, the multifractal model accurately captures the extreme intermittent fluctuations observed in the acceleration, with predictions that remain robust across a wide range of Reynolds numbers.
title Acceleration of Lagrangian Particles in Shell Models of Turbulence
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09633