Annotation
Passive scalar behavior in a turbulent flow is compared with that in a steady flow of liquid with stochastic trajectories. Mixing of the admixture distribution with speed determined by turbulent diffusion is replaced, in a steady flow, by a phase of catastrophically fast leveling of admixture gradients.
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Authors
S.V. Novikov, D.D. Sokolov
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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