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How important are direct interactions between large and small scales in turbulent flows?

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New Approaches and Concepts in Turbulence

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The above question is closely related to other questions like the following ones:

  • Do the small scales forget the anisotropy in the large scales, i.e, is the energy cascade an orientation loosing process?

  • Are the small scales statistically independent of the large scales?

  • Is local isotropy a universal property of turbulent flows at large Reynolds numbers?

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    Arkady Tsinober

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Tsinober, A. (1993). How important are direct interactions between large and small scales in turbulent flows?. In: Dracos, T., Tsinober, A. (eds) New Approaches and Concepts in Turbulence. Monte Verità. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8585-0_10

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