Scaling theory of three-dimensional spinodal turbulence

Kendon, V. M. (2000) Scaling theory of three-dimensional spinodal turbulence. Physical Review E, 61 (6). R6071(R). ISSN 2470-0053 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.61.R6071)

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Abstract

A scaling theory for spinodal decomposition in the inertial hydrodynamic regime is presented. The scaling involves three relevant length scales, the domain size, the Taylor microscale, and the Kolmogorov dissipation scale. This allows for the presence of an inertial "energy cascade," familiar from theories of turbulence, and improves on earlier scaling treatments based on a single length: these, it is shown, cannot be reconciled with energy conservation. This theory reconciles the [Formula Presented] scaling of the domain size, predicted by simple scaling, with the physical expectation of a saturating Reynolds number at late times.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:78856
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 June 2000
    Published
    19 October 1999
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 Dec 2021 15:04
    Last modified:20 Apr 2024 00:47
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/78856
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