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Non-equilibrium turbulent transport in convective plumes obtained from closure theory

Nobumitsu Yokoi
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Non-equilibrium property of turbulence modifies characteristics of turbulent transport. With the aid of response-function formalism, such non-equilibrium effects in turbulent transport can be represented by the temporal variation of the turbulent energy ($K$) and its dissipation rate ($\varepsilon$) along the mean stream through the advective derivatives of $K$ and $\varepsilon$. Applications of this effect to the turbulent convection with plumes are considered for the first time in this work. The non-equilibrium transport effects associated with plumes are addressed in two aspects. Firstly, the effect associated with a single plume is evaluated using data measured in the recent plume/jet experiments. The second argument is developed for the collective turbulent transport associated with multiple plumes mimicking the stellar convection zone. In this second case, for the purpose of capturing the plume motions into the advective derivatives, use has to be made of the time--space double averaging procedure, where the turbulent fluctuations are divided into the coherent or dispersion component (which represents plume motions) and incoherent or random component. With the aid of the transport equations of the coherent velocity stress and the incoherent counterpart, the interaction between the dispersion and random fluctuations are also discussed in the context of convective turbulent flows with plumes. It is shown from these analyses that the non-equilibrium effect associated with plume motions is of a great deal of relevance in the convective turbulence modelling.

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Nobumitsu Yokoi. 2023-05-29. Non-equilibrium turbulent transport in convective plumes obtained from closure theory. https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17890

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