A mathematical model for the scaling of turbulence

  1. Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt and
  2. Alexandre J. Chorin†
  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

  1. Contributed by Alexandre J. Chorin, August 26, 2004

Abstract

We present a simple physical model of turbulent wall-bounded shear flows that reveals exactly the scaling properties we had previously obtained by similarity considerations. The significance of our results for the understanding of turbulence is pointed out.

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  • ↵ † To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: chorin{at}math.berkeley.edu.

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  1. Published online before print October 6, 2004, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0406291101 PNAS October 19, 2004 vol. 101 no. 42 15023-15026
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