Polymers in 2D Turbulence: Suppression of Large Scale Fluctuations
- 16 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 89 (10) , 104502
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.89.104502
Abstract
Small quantities of a long chain molecule or polymer affect two-dimensional turbulence in unexpected ways. Their presence inhibits the transfers of energy to large scales causing their suppression in the energy density spectrum. This also leads to the change of the spectral properties of a passive scalar which turns out to be highly sensitive to the presence of energy transfers.Keywords
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