Statistics of Point Vortex Turbulence in Non-neutral Flows and in Flows with Translational and Rotational Symmetries
A theory (Esler and Ashbee in J Fluid Mech 779:275–308, 2015 ) describing the statistics of N freely-evolving point vortices in a bounded two-dimensional domain is extended. First, the case of a non-neutral vortex gas is addressed, and it is shown that the density of states function can be identifie...
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Published in | Journal of statistical physics Vol. 169; no. 6; pp. 1045 - 1065 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York
Springer US
01.12.2017
Springer Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | A theory (Esler and Ashbee in J Fluid Mech 779:275–308,
2015
) describing the statistics of
N
freely-evolving point vortices in a bounded two-dimensional domain is extended. First, the case of a non-neutral vortex gas is addressed, and it is shown that the density of states function can be identified with the probability density function of an infinite sum of independent non-central chi-squared random variables, the details of which depend only on the shape of the domain. Equations for the equilibrium energy spectrum and other statistical quantities follow, the validity of which are verified against direct numerical simulations of the equations of motion. Second, domains with additional conserved quantities associated with a symmetry (e.g., circle, periodic channel) are investigated, and it is shown that the treatment of the non-neutral case can be modified to account for the additional constraint. |
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ISSN: | 0022-4715 1572-9613 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10955-017-1903-y |