Lyapunov exponents of heavy particles and tracers advected by homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flows are investigated by means of direct numerical simulations. For large values of the Stokes number, the main effect of inertia is to reduce the chaoticity with respect to fluid tracers. Conversely, for small inertia, a counterintuitive increase of the first Lyapunov exponent is observed. The flow intermittency is found to induce a Reynolds number dependency for the statistics of the finite-time Lyapunov exponents of tracers. Such intermittency effects are found to persist at increasing inertia. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
Lyapunov exponents of heavy particles in turbulence
Guido Boffetta;Massimo Cencini;Federico Toschi
2006
Abstract
Lyapunov exponents of heavy particles and tracers advected by homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flows are investigated by means of direct numerical simulations. For large values of the Stokes number, the main effect of inertia is to reduce the chaoticity with respect to fluid tracers. Conversely, for small inertia, a counterintuitive increase of the first Lyapunov exponent is observed. The flow intermittency is found to induce a Reynolds number dependency for the statistics of the finite-time Lyapunov exponents of tracers. Such intermittency effects are found to persist at increasing inertia. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.File in questo prodotto:
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