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A family of stochastic models for two-particle dispersion in isotropic homogeneous stationary turbulence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

M. S. Borgas  and
B. L. Sawford
M. S. Borgas
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, FBI Mordialloc, Victoria 3195, Australia
B. L. Sawford
Affiliation:
CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, FBI Mordialloc, Victoria 3195, Australia
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Abstract

A family of Lagrangian stochastic models for the joint motion of particle pairs in isotropic homogeneous stationary turbulence is considered. The Markov assumption and well-mixed criterion of Thomson (1990) are used, and the models have quadratic-form functions of velocity for the particle accelerations. Two constraints are derived which formally require that the correct one-particle statistics are obtained by the models. These constraints involve the Eulerian expectation of the ‘acceleration’ of a fluid particle with conditioned instantaneous velocity, given either at the particle, or at some other particle's position. The Navier-Stokes equations, with Gaussian Eulerian probability distributions, are shown to give quadratic-form conditional accelerations, and models which satisfy these two constraints are found. Dispersion calculations show that the constraints do not always guarantee good one-particle statistics, but it is possible to select a constrained model that does. Thomson's model has good one-particle statistics, but is shown to have unphysical conditional accelerations. Comparisons of relative dispersion for the models are made.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 279 , 25 November 1994 , pp. 69 - 99
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© 1994 Cambridge University Press

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