Open AccessLimitation for the energy spectrum analysis for the understanding of the turbulent cascade
Author(s) -
Qing Meng,
Cai Qing-Dong,
Li Cun-Biao
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.53.3090
Subject(s) - cascade , energy cascade , energy (signal processing) , energy spectrum , spectrum (functional analysis) , turbulence , physics , statistical physics , inverse , simple (philosophy) , mechanics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , chemistry , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , chromatography
Simple examples were applied to show that the “cascade" and “inverse cascade” presented in an energy spectrum even without real physical cascade processes. T he misleading comprehension should appear if energy spectrum was considered as a un ique evidence of the energy cascade in turbulence.