Lagrangian Finite-Time Fluctuation Relation in isotropic turbulence
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| author | Yao, Hanxun Zaki, Tamer A. Meneveau, Charles |
| author_facet | Yao, Hanxun Zaki, Tamer A. Meneveau, Charles |
| contents | The entropy generation rate in turbulence can be defined using the energy cascade rate as described in the scale-integrated Kolmogorov-Hill equation at a specified length scale. The fluctuation relation (FR) from non-equilibrium thermodynamics, which predicts exponential behaviour of the ratio of probability densities for positive and negative entropy production rates, was confirmed in prior work \citep{yao2023entropy}, but under certain limiting assumptions. We here examine the applicability of FR to isotropic turbulence under less stringent assumptions by analyzing entropy generation rates averaged over intervals ranging from one to several eddy turnover times. Based on time-resolved data at a Taylor-scale based Reynolds number $Re_λ= 433$, we find that the FR is valid in the sense that very close to exponential behaviour of probability ratios of positive and negative entropy generation (forward and inverse cascade of energy) is observed. Interestingly, finite-time averaging yields FR-consistent results only within a Lagrangian framework, along fluid trajectories using filtered convective velocities. In contrast, the FR does not hold with time-averaging at fixed (Eulerian) positions. Results provide evidence that the definition of entropy generation based on the scale-integrated Kolmogorov-Hill equation describes turbulent cascade processes that exhibit properties predicted by non-equilibrium thermodynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | Lagrangian Finite-Time Fluctuation Relation in isotropic turbulence Yao, Hanxun Zaki, Tamer A. Meneveau, Charles Fluid Dynamics The entropy generation rate in turbulence can be defined using the energy cascade rate as described in the scale-integrated Kolmogorov-Hill equation at a specified length scale. The fluctuation relation (FR) from non-equilibrium thermodynamics, which predicts exponential behaviour of the ratio of probability densities for positive and negative entropy production rates, was confirmed in prior work \citep{yao2023entropy}, but under certain limiting assumptions. We here examine the applicability of FR to isotropic turbulence under less stringent assumptions by analyzing entropy generation rates averaged over intervals ranging from one to several eddy turnover times. Based on time-resolved data at a Taylor-scale based Reynolds number $Re_λ= 433$, we find that the FR is valid in the sense that very close to exponential behaviour of probability ratios of positive and negative entropy generation (forward and inverse cascade of energy) is observed. Interestingly, finite-time averaging yields FR-consistent results only within a Lagrangian framework, along fluid trajectories using filtered convective velocities. In contrast, the FR does not hold with time-averaging at fixed (Eulerian) positions. Results provide evidence that the definition of entropy generation based on the scale-integrated Kolmogorov-Hill equation describes turbulent cascade processes that exhibit properties predicted by non-equilibrium thermodynamics. |
| title | Lagrangian Finite-Time Fluctuation Relation in isotropic turbulence |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23336 |