Lagrangian Probability Distributions of Turbulent Flows

Abstract

We outline a statistical theory of turbulence based on the Lagrangian formulation of fluid motion. We derive a hierarchy of evolution equations for Lagrangian N-point probability distributions as well as a functional equation for a suitably defined probability functional which is the analog of Hopf's functional equation. Furthermore, we adress the derivation of a generalized Fokker-Plank equation for the joint velocity - position probability density of N fluid particles.