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arxiv: 2606.21046 · v1 · pith:2J7B2XVGnew · submitted 2026-06-19 · ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn

On the large-scale vertical velocity intermittency of turbulent wall flows

Tirtha Banerjee , Elia Buono , Costantino Manes , Michael Heisel , Davide Poggi , Cosimo Peruzzi , Einara Zahn , Elie Bou-Zeid
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keywords large-scale intermittencyvertical velocitywall turbulenceflatness factorinertial sublayerinertial-pressure balancehigh Reynolds numberenergy anisotropy
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A dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces predicts the flatness factor of large-scale vertical velocity intermittency from second-order statistics alone.

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The paper develops a theory for large-scale intermittency in the vertical velocity of neutrally stratified wall-bounded turbulence at high Reynolds numbers. The theory starts from a dominant inertial-pressure force balance in the Navier-Stokes equations and derives the flatness factor FF_w that quantifies this intermittency. It shows that FF_w can be obtained directly from second-order velocity moments while allowing for anisotropy in the large-scale kinetic energy. Experiments in flumes, wind tunnels, and field flows confirm that FF_w collapses onto a single curve inside the inertial sublayer before reaching a common minimum above it. The same balance accounts for the inability of standard down-gradient closures to capture FF_w.

Core claim

In neutrally stratified wall-bounded turbulent flow at very high Reynolds numbers, a dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces permits prediction of the flatness factor FF_w, which measures large-scale vertical velocity intermittency, directly from second-order statistics while explicitly accommodating large-scale energy anisotropy. This leads to FF_w collapsing onto a universal trend in the inertial sublayer across laboratory and field configurations with varied surface roughness.

What carries the argument

The dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces in the Navier-Stokes equations under high-Re wall-flow conditions, which reduces the flatness factor FF_w to an expression involving only second-order velocity moments.

If this is right

  • FF_w collapses to a universal trend for all flow configurations within the inertial sublayer.
  • FF_w reaches a common minimum value above the inertial sublayer.
  • The prediction holds across laboratory to field Reynolds numbers and varied surface roughness conditions.
  • Down-gradient closure approximations used in meteorological and climate models cannot describe FF_w.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The result implies that large-scale vertical velocity intermittency is controlled by a local force balance rather than by the detailed geometry of coherent structures.
  • Replacing gradient-diffusion closures with this balance in large-scale models could improve predictions of vertical transport without requiring higher-order moment equations.
  • The same inertial-pressure framework may extend to mildly stratified cases, offering a route to test how buoyancy alters the universal FF_w trend.

Load-bearing premise

The derivation assumes a dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces holds in neutrally stratified wall-bounded turbulent flow at very high Reynolds numbers.

What would settle it

A data set at sufficiently high Reynolds number in which the measured flatness factor FF_w in the inertial sublayer deviates from the value computed from the observed second-order moments would falsify the theory.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.21046 by Cosimo Peruzzi, Costantino Manes, Davide Poggi, Einara Zahn, Elia Buono, Elie Bou-Zeid, Gabriel Katul, Michael Heisel, Tirtha Banerjee.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Variation of F Fw against the distance from the wall in inner units (z + = u∗z/ν = Re) approximating a local Reynolds number Re across a wide corpus of laboratory experiments (Open channel: OC and Wind Tunnel: WT) compiled by Buono et al. (2024a) and described in Table1. MN stands for Manes et al. (2011), HL stands for Heisel et al. (2020), PR stands for Peruzzi et al. (2020), PG stands for Poggi et al. (2… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Variation of F Fw with z/δ (panel a) and z + (panel b). The + symbols denote the Laboratory observations, the blue circles denote the full model with measured Aw and Au, the red squares denote the Skewness-based prediction, and the green line represents the prediction using the coefficients as fitted for the attached eddy model (AEM). The dashed black line denotes the Gaussian prediction of F Fw = 3 for bo… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Variation of Au (blue) and Aw (red) with z/δ across experiments in Table1, where δ is the boundary layer or water depth. The AEM predictions using asymptotic values (i.e. large Reynolds numbers) for A1 = 1, B1 = 2, and B2 = 1 are shown (dashed lines) for reference. These asymptotic values are used in model calculations labeled as AEM. zero in the ISL. Thus, maximum distortions from w′3 ∂w′w′/∂z to model ca… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Variation of T1 = 1/A4 w and T2 = (A2 u + A2 v )/(2A2 w) with z/δ (panel a) and z + (panel b) across the Laboratory experiments. Panel (c) shows the Estimation of αI from measured F Fw and Re = zu∗/ν = z + for all laboratory (blue) and field experiments (red) taken in the atmospheric surface layer under near-neutral conditions. The assumed value αI = 3 in model calculations is also shown (dashed). 8 [PITH… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Large-scale intermittency in the vertical velocity (LSI) has received significant attention in studies of coherent structures and their detection using data-driven approaches. However, a theory that predicts the origin of LSI from the Navier-Stokes equations or some approximated version of them at very high Reynolds numbers is yet to be achieved. This letter proposes such a theory for a neutrally stratified wall-bounded turbulent flow based on a dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces. Using multiple flume and wind tunnel experiments, it is shown that the flatness factor ($FF_w$) measuring LSI collapses to a universal trend for all flow configurations within the inertial sublayer (ISL) before reaching a common minimum value above the ISL. A theory that predicts $FF_w$ using second-order statistics and explicitly accommodates large-scale energy anisotropy is tested against a wide range of Reynolds numbers from laboratory to field settings with varied surface roughness conditions. The theory also demonstrates why $FF_w$ cannot be described using down-gradient closure approximations routinely employed in large-scale meteorological and climate models.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes a theory for large-scale intermittency in the vertical velocity (LSI) of neutrally stratified wall-bounded turbulent flows at high Reynolds number. The central claim is that a dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces in the vertical momentum equation allows prediction of the flatness factor FF_w (a measure of LSI) directly from second-order statistics while retaining large-scale energy anisotropy. Experiments across flume, wind-tunnel, and field settings are reported to show that FF_w collapses to a universal trend inside the inertial sublayer (ISL) before reaching a common minimum above it; the theory is also used to explain why down-gradient closures cannot capture FF_w.

Significance. If the derivation and supporting evidence hold, the work would supply a first-principles route from the Navier-Stokes equations to a measurable intermittency statistic, with immediate implications for subgrid modeling in meteorological and climate simulations. The explicit retention of anisotropy and the reported collapse across Reynolds numbers and roughness conditions constitute genuine strengths. The manuscript tests the prediction over a wide parameter range, which is a positive feature.

major comments (2)
  1. [theory derivation / abstract] The derivation (abstract and theory section) rests on the assertion that inertial-pressure balance dominates the vertical momentum equation inside the ISL at high Re. No term-by-term budget is presented from the hot-wire, PIV, or pressure-probe data to demonstrate that viscous and buoyancy contributions remain negligible at the scales that determine FF_w. This verification is load-bearing for the claimed closure from second-order moments.
  2. [theory section] The mapping from second-order statistics to FF_w is presented as a prediction, yet the manuscript does not show an explicit equation or step-by-step reduction that would allow an independent reader to confirm the relation is not a fitted mapping between moments. Without this, the degree of circularity cannot be assessed.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive report and positive assessment of the work's significance. We address each major comment below and indicate planned revisions.

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  1. Referee: [theory derivation / abstract] The derivation (abstract and theory section) rests on the assertion that inertial-pressure balance dominates the vertical momentum equation inside the ISL at high Re. No term-by-term budget is presented from the hot-wire, PIV, or pressure-probe data to demonstrate that viscous and buoyancy contributions remain negligible at the scales that determine FF_w. This verification is load-bearing for the claimed closure from second-order moments.

    Authors: We agree that direct term-by-term budgets from the present datasets would strengthen the argument. The inertial sublayer is defined precisely as the region where viscous contributions become negligible relative to inertial and pressure terms at high Re; the experiments are all neutrally stratified, so buoyancy is identically zero. The large scales that set FF_w lie well within this regime according to established wall-turbulence scaling. In the revised manuscript we will add a concise paragraph in the theory section that recalls these standard arguments and cites prior experimental and DNS budget studies confirming inertial-pressure dominance at the relevant scales and Reynolds numbers. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [theory section] The mapping from second-order statistics to FF_w is presented as a prediction, yet the manuscript does not show an explicit equation or step-by-step reduction that would allow an independent reader to confirm the relation is not a fitted mapping between moments. Without this, the degree of circularity cannot be assessed.

    Authors: We accept that the derivation must be fully explicit. The relation follows directly from substituting the inertial-pressure balance into the vertical momentum equation, taking the fourth moment, and normalizing to obtain FF_w while retaining the measured large-scale anisotropy; no empirical fitting is involved. The revised version will insert the complete algebraic steps from the approximated Navier-Stokes equation through to the final expression for FF_w, allowing readers to verify the mapping independently. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: derivation rests on external NS balance assumption with independent experimental test

full rationale

The abstract and description state that a dominant inertial-pressure balance from the Navier-Stokes equations is used to derive a prediction for FF_w from second-order statistics while retaining anisotropy. No equations, self-citations, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or ansatzes are supplied in the provided text that would allow the output to reduce to the inputs by construction. The experimental collapse across Re and roughness is presented as an external test rather than the source of the relation. The load-bearing assumption (balance validity in the ISL) is falsifiable by term-by-term budgets outside the present derivation and is not shown to be smuggled in via prior self-work. This is the normal case of a self-contained first-principles claim.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the assumption of dominant inertial-pressure balance at high Re; no free parameters or invented entities are mentioned in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Dominant balance between inertial and pressure forces holds in neutrally stratified wall-bounded turbulent flow at very high Reynolds numbers.
    Explicitly stated in the abstract as the foundation of the proposed theory.

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