Viscosity-dependent inertial spectra of the Burgers and Korteweg-deVries-Burgers equations.
We show that the inertial range spectrum of the Burgers equation has a viscosity-dependent correction at any wave number when the viscosity is small but not zero. We also calculate the spectrum of the Korteweg-deVries-Burgers equation and show that it can be partially mapped onto the inertial spectrum of a Burgers equation with a suitable effective diffusion coefficient. These results are significant for the understanding of turbulence.
Chorin
Alexandre J
AJ
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. chorin@math.berkeley.edu
Hald
Ole H
OH