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physics.flu-dyn2007★ 114 cited

Modeling the pressure Hessian and viscous Laplacian in Turbulence: comparisons with DNS and implications on velocity gradient dynamics

L. Chevillard, C. Meneveau, L. Biferale +1

Modeling the velocity gradient tensor A along Lagrangian trajectories in turbulent flow requires closures for the pressure Hessian and viscous Laplacian of A. Based on an Eulerian-…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 22 cited

Polymer and surface roughness effects on the drag crisis for falling spheres

Nicolas Lyotard, Woodrow Shew, Lydéric Bocquet +1

We make time resolved velocity measurements of steel spheres in free fall through liquid using a continuous ultrasound technique. We explore two different ways to induce large chan…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 38 cited

Measurement of particle and bubble accelerations in turbulence

Romain Volk, Nicolas Mordant, Gautier Verhille +1

We use an extended laser Doppler technique to track optically the velocity of individual particles in a high Reynolds number turbulent flow. The particle sizes are of the order of…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 39 cited

Subcritical dynamo bifurcation in the Taylor Green flow

Yannick Ponty, Jean-Phillipe Laval, Berengere Dubrulle +2

We report direct numerical simulations of dynamo generation for flow generated using a Taylor-Green forcing. We find that the bifurcation is subcritical, and show its bifurcation d…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 86 cited

Lagrangian temperature, velocity and local heat flux measurement in Rayleigh-Benard convection

Yoann Gasteuil, Woodrow Shew, Mathieu Gibert +3

We have developed a small, neutrally buoyant, wireless temperature sensor. Using a camera for optical tracking, we obtain simultaneous measurements of position and temperature of t…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 33 cited

Matrix Exponential-Based Closures for the Turbulent Subgrid-Scale Stress Tensor

Yi Li, Laurent Chevillard, Gregory Eyink +1

Two approaches for closing the turbulence subgrid-scale stress tensor in terms of matrix exponentials are introduced and compared. The first approach is based on a formal solution…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 27 cited

An instrumented tracer for Lagrangian measurements in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

Woodrow L. Shew, Yoann Gasteuil, Mathieu Gibert +2

We have developed novel instrumentation for making Lagrangian measurements of temperature in diverse fluid flows. A small neutrally buoyant capsule is equipped with on-board electr…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 30 cited

Estimating Intermittency Exponent in Neutrally Stratified Atmospheric Surface Layer Flows: A Robust Framework based on Magnitude Cumulant and Surrogate Analyses

Sukanta Basu, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Bruno Lashermes +1

This study proposes a novel framework based on magnitude cumulant and surrogate analyses to reliably detect and estimate the intermittency coefficient from short-length coarse-reso…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 3 cited

Magnetic field reversals in an experimental turbulent dynamo

M. Berhanu, R. Monchaux, S. Fauve +11

We report the first experimental observation of reversals of a dynamo field generated in a laboratory experiment based on a turbulent flow of liquid sodium. The magnetic field rand…

physics.flu-dyn2007★ 419 cited

Generation of magnetic field by dynamo action in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium

R. Monchaux, M. Berhanu, M. Bourgoin +13

We report the observation of dynamo action in the VKS experiment, i.e., the generation of magnetic field by a strongly turbulent swirling flow of liquid sodium. Both mean and fluct…