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arxiv: 1308.4205 · v1 · pith:3TXHLIPGnew · submitted 2013-08-20 · ⚛️ physics.flu-dyn

Reynolds Number of Transition as a Dynamic Constraint on Statistical Theory of Turbulence

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Iterative coarse-graining procedure based on Wyld's perturbation expansion is applied to the problem of Navier-Stokes turbulence. It is shown that the low-order calculation gives the fixed-point Reynolds number $ Re_{fp}$ (coupling constant) almost identical to the Reynolds number of the recently discovered transition to anomalous scaling of the moments of {\bf "velocity derivatives"}. Using this result as a dynamic constraint, it is argued that in the vicinity of the fixed point (integral scale) the high-order non-linearities, generated by the procedure, are irrelevant. The infra-red divergencies do not disappear but are are contained in the derived equations for the symmetry-breaking large-scale flows (turbulence models or "condensates"), which are source of the small-scale turbulence.

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