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UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO
DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA GENERALE ``A. AVOGADRO''
DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN FISICA
CICLO XVI
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EFFECTS OF FRICTION AND POLYMERS
ON 2D TURBULENCE
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Tesi presentata da: Tutor:
Dott.
Stefano Musacchio
Prof.
Guido Boffetta
Coordinatore del ciclo:
Prof.
Ezio Menichetti
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ANNI ACCADEMICI 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03
Contents
Introduzione
Introduction
Introduction to turbulence
Navier-Stokes equation
Reynolds number
Energy balance
Energy transfer
Phenomenology of the turbulent cascade
Kolmogorov K41
Intermittency
Two-dimensional turbulence
Vorticity equation in two dimensions
Conservation laws
Inverse energy cascade
Direct enstrophy cascade
Coherent vortices
Effects of friction in two-dimensional turbulence
Origin of the friction term
Steepening of the energy spectrum
Analogies with the passive scalar problem
Passive scalar with finite lifetime
Chaotic advection
Chaotic advection and linear damping
Intermittency
Smooth-filamental transition
Lagrangian description of the vorticity cascade
Fluid trajectories and exit-times
Structure functions and scaling exponents
From active to passive problem
Numerical results
Steepening of the vorticity spectrum
Intermittency
Vorticity vs. passive scalar statistics
Scaling exponents and exit-time statistics
Summary
Polymer solutions: a brief introduction
Polymer dynamics in fluids
Dumbbell model
Coil-Stretch transition
Oldroyd-B model
Newtonian limit: viscosity renormalization
Energy balance
Fene-p
Drag reduction
Elastic turbulence
Two-dimensional turbulence of dilute polymer solutions
2D Oldroyd-B model
Passive polymers
Coiled state
Stretched state
Active polymers
Depletion of kinetic energy
Energy balance
Statistics of velocity fluctuations
Lagrangian chaos reduction
Decaying turbulence
Inverse energy cascade
Summary
Conclusions
Lagrangian code for polymer dynamics
Hyperbolic regions
Elliptic regions
Neutral regions
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
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Stefano Musacchio 2004年01月09日
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