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Journal of turbulence 10 (2009) 1-8
Large-scale bottleneck effect in two-dimensional turbulence
Wouter J.T. Bos 1, Jean-Pierre Bertoglio 1
(2009)

The bottleneck phenomenon in three-dimensional turbulence is generally associated with the dissipation range of the energy spectrum. In the present work, it is shown by using a two-point closure theory, that in two-dimensional turbulence it is possible to observe a bottleneck at the large scales, due to the effect of friction on the inverse energy cascade. This large-scale bottleneck is directly related to the process of energy condensation, the pile-up of energy at wavenumbers corresponding to the domain size. The link between the use of friction and the creation of space-filling structures is discussed and it is concluded that the careless use of hypofriction might reduce the inertial range of the energy spectrum.
1 :  Laboratoire de Mecanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique (LMFA)
CNRS : UMR5509 – Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I – Ecole Centrale de Lyon – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
Physique/Mécanique/Mécanique des fluides

Sciences de l'ingénieur/Mécanique/Mécanique des fluides
homogeneous turbulence – isotropic turbulence – two-dimensional turbulence
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