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Main Author: Mishra, Rishabh
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20676
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contents This technical note addresses the challenge of accurate turbulence characterization using robust, bandwidth-limited sensors which fail to resolve the high-wavenumber dissipation range. To correct the resulting underestimation of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), a novel analytical spectral model is derived from a variational principle governing cascade resistance, yielding a Ginzburg-Landau domain wall solution. Unlike classical asymptotic decay formulations such as the Pao or Pope models, the proposed formulation features bounded spectral support with a hard energetic cutoff at the Kolmogorov wavenumber ($k_η$) and requires no adjustable parameters beyond the Kolmogorov constant ($C_K$). Validation against high-Reynolds-number experimental data confirms that the model accurately captures the spectral rolloff and achieves superior TKE recovery, restoring over 98\% of the variance from spectra truncated as early as $kη=0.15$, thereby offering a robust tool for industrial and aeroacoustic flow diagnostics.
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spellingShingle Spectral Reconstruction for Under-Resolved Turbulence Measurements Using a Variational Cutoff Dissipation Model
Mishra, Rishabh
Fluid Dynamics
This technical note addresses the challenge of accurate turbulence characterization using robust, bandwidth-limited sensors which fail to resolve the high-wavenumber dissipation range. To correct the resulting underestimation of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), a novel analytical spectral model is derived from a variational principle governing cascade resistance, yielding a Ginzburg-Landau domain wall solution. Unlike classical asymptotic decay formulations such as the Pao or Pope models, the proposed formulation features bounded spectral support with a hard energetic cutoff at the Kolmogorov wavenumber ($k_η$) and requires no adjustable parameters beyond the Kolmogorov constant ($C_K$). Validation against high-Reynolds-number experimental data confirms that the model accurately captures the spectral rolloff and achieves superior TKE recovery, restoring over 98\% of the variance from spectra truncated as early as $kη=0.15$, thereby offering a robust tool for industrial and aeroacoustic flow diagnostics.
title Spectral Reconstruction for Under-Resolved Turbulence Measurements Using a Variational Cutoff Dissipation Model
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20676