Advances in Wave Turbulence by Victor Shrira, Sergei Nazarenko

By Victor Shrira, Sergei Nazarenko

Wave or vulnerable turbulence is a department of technological know-how enthusiastic about the evolution of random wave fields of every kind and on all scales, from waves in galaxies to capillary waves on water floor, from waves in nonlinear optics to quantum fluids. regardless of the large variety of wave fields in nature, there's a universal conceptual and mathematical center which permits to explain the procedures of random wave interactions in the comparable conceptual paradigm, and within the comparable language. the improvement of this center and its hyperlinks with the functions is the essence of wave turbulence technology (WT) that is a longtime necessary a part of nonlinear technology.

The ebook comprising seven studies goals at discussing new demanding situations in WT and views of its improvement. a different emphasis is made upon the hyperlinks among the speculation and test. all the stories is dedicated to a specific box of program (there is not any overlap), or a unique method or suggestion. The reports disguise a number of functions of WT, together with water waves, optical fibers, WT experiments on a steel plate and observations of astrophysical WT.

Readership: Researchers, execs and graduate scholars in mathematical physics, power experiences, good & fluid mechanics, and intricate platforms.

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By Victor Shrira, Sergei Nazarenko

Wave or vulnerable turbulence is a department of technological know-how enthusiastic about the evolution of random wave fields of every kind and on all scales, from waves in galaxies to capillary waves on water floor, from waves in nonlinear optics to quantum fluids. regardless of the large variety of wave fields in nature, there's a universal conceptual and mathematical center which permits to explain the procedures of random wave interactions in the comparable conceptual paradigm, and within the comparable language. the improvement of this center and its hyperlinks with the functions is the essence of wave turbulence technology (WT) that is a longtime necessary a part of nonlinear technology.

The ebook comprising seven studies goals at discussing new demanding situations in WT and views of its improvement. a different emphasis is made upon the hyperlinks among the speculation and test. all the stories is dedicated to a specific box of program (there is not any overlap), or a unique method or suggestion. The reports disguise a number of functions of WT, together with water waves, optical fibers, WT experiments on a steel plate and observations of astrophysical WT.

Readership: Researchers, execs and graduate scholars in mathematical physics, power experiences, good & fluid mechanics, and intricate platforms.

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The idea goes back to Onsager. If ∞ we compute the amount of energy, ω0 ωNω dω, say in the range (ω0 , ∞), under the direct energy flux KZ spectrum nk = c3 P 1/3 ω −(2γ3 )/(3α)−d/α , or ωNω = (Ω0 /α)c3 P 1/3 ω −(2γ3 )/(3α) , the integral converges (the spectrum supports finite energy) if γ3 > 3α/2 and diverges otherwise (infinite capacity). In the finite capacity case, if energy is added at ω = ω0 at a constant rate and is not confined to finite frequencies, it must escape to the dissipation sink at ω = ∞ in a finite time t∗ after which energy conservation no longer holds.

The Kolmogorov constants c3 and c4 can be found by setting S(ω) = ∂Q/∂ω and ωS(ω) = −∂P/∂ω, respectively, whereupon Q = − limy→0 c34 Qy −1 ω −y I(x, y) = c34 Q(dI/dy)y=0 and P = + limy→0 c33 P (y − 1)−1 I(x, y) = c33 P (dI/dy)y=1 , respectively. The slopes of I(x, y) at y = 0, 1 are negative and positive, respectively. As pointed out in the previous section, a similar analysis for the kinetic equation dnk /dt = 2 T2 [nk ] dominated by three wave resonances gives two special stationary solutions nk = T /ω and nk = cP 1/2 ω −(γ2 /α+d/α) corresponding to energy equipartition and finite energy flux P .

It would be very interesting to know if, along with P1, P2, P3, either or both of these two conditions P4, P5 give sufficient conditions for wave turbulence closure to be in effect and if, and in what way, they may be connected. In the introduction, we made the point that the wave turbulence closure depends on very mild statistical assumptions. Certainly if P5 holds, one can be sure that the validity of P1 is not in doubt. P2, the fact that the initial April 4, 2013 15:56 9in x 6in Advances in Wave Turbulence Wave Turbulence: A Story Far from Over b1517-ch01 37 fields are uncorrelated at widely separated points is also very mild.

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