On the Clark-alpha model of turbulence: global regularity and long--time dynamics

Abstract

In this paper we study a well-known three--dimensional turbulence model, the filtered Clark model, or Clark-alpha model. This is Large Eddy Simulation (LES) tensor-diffusivity model of turbulent flows with an additional spatial filter of width alpha ($\alpha$). We show the global well-posedness of this model with constant Navier-Stokes (eddy) viscosity. Moreover, we establish the existence of a finite dimensional global attractor for this dissipative evolution system, and we provide an anaytical estimate for its fractal and Hausdorff dimensions. Our estimate is proportional to $(L/l_d{)}^3$, where $L$ is the integral spatial scale and $l_d$ is the viscous dissipation length scale. This explicit bound is consistent with the physical estimate for the number of degrees of freedom based on heuristic arguments. Using semi-rigorous physical arguments we show that the inertial range of the energy spectrum for the Clark-$\mathring{a}$ model has the usual $k^{-5/3}$ Kolmogorov power law for wave numbers $k\mathring{a}\ll 1$ and $k^{-3}$ decay power law for $k\mathring{a}\gg 1.$ This is evidence that the Clark$-\alpha$ model parameterizes efficiently the large wave numbers within the inertial range, $k\mathring{a}\gg 1$, so that they contain much less translational kinetic energy than their counterparts in the Navier-Stokes equations.

11 pages, no figures, submitted to J of Turbulence

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