Inverse energy cascade and emergence of large coherent vortices in turbulence driven by Faraday waves

Date

2013

Authors

Francois, Nicolas
Xia, Hua
Punzmann, Horst
Shats, Michael

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American Physical Society

Abstract

We report the generation of large coherent vortices via inverse energy cascade in Faraday wave driven turbulence. The motion of floaters in the Faraday waves is three dimensional, but its horizontal velocity fluctuations show unexpected similarity with tw

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Keywords: Coherent vortices; Horizontal velocity; Inverse energy cascades; Lagrangian velocity; Measuring frequency; Third moments; Two dimensional turbulence; Vertical accelerations; Turbulence; Vortex flow; Faraday effect

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Physical Review Letters

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Journal article

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Open Access

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