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A Lagrangian fluctuation–dissipation relation for scalar turbulence. Part I. Flows with no bounding walls

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Theodore D. Drivas Open the ORCID record for Theodore D. Drivas [Opens in a new window]  and
Gregory L. Eyink
Theodore D. Drivas*
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Gregory L. Eyink
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Abstract

An exact relation is derived between scalar dissipation due to molecular diffusivity and the randomness of stochastic Lagrangian trajectories for flows without bounding walls. This ‘Lagrangian fluctuation–dissipation relation’ equates the scalar dissipation for either passive or active scalars to the variance of scalar inputs associated with initial scalar values and internal scalar sources, as these are sampled backward in time by the stochastic Lagrangian trajectories. As an important application, we reconsider the phenomenon of ‘Lagrangian spontaneous stochasticity’ or persistent non-determinism of Lagrangian particle trajectories in the limit of vanishing viscosity and diffusivity. Previous work on the Kraichnan (Phys. Fluids, 1968, vol. 11, pp. 945–953) model of turbulent scalar advection has shown that anomalous scalar dissipation is associated in that model with Lagrangian spontaneous stochasticity. There has been controversy, however, regarding the validity of this mechanism for scalars advected by an actual turbulent flow. We here completely resolve this controversy by exploiting the fluctuation–dissipation relation. For either a passive or an active scalar advected by any divergence-free velocity field, including solutions of the incompressible Navier–Stokes equation, and away from walls, we prove that anomalous scalar dissipation requires Lagrangian spontaneous stochasticity. For passive scalars, we prove furthermore that spontaneous stochasticity yields anomalous dissipation for suitable initial scalar fields, so that the two phenomena are there completely equivalent. These points are illustrated by numerical results from a database of homogeneous isotropic turbulence, which provide both additional support to the results and physical insight into the representation of diffusive effects by stochastic Lagrangian particle trajectories.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 829 , 25 October 2017 , pp. 153 - 189
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