Flow in geophysical fluids is commonly summarized by coherent streams (e.g., conveyor belt flows in extratropical cyclones or jet streaks in the upper troposphere). Typically, parcel trajectories are calculated from the flow field and subjective thresholds are used to distinguish coherent streams of interest. This methodology contribution develops a more objective approach to distinguish cohere...

We study an effect of large-scale coherent structures on global properties of turbulent convection in laboratory experiments in air flow in a rectangular chamber with aspect ratios A approximately 2 and A approximately 4 (with the Rayleigh numbers varying in the range from 5x10;{6} to 10;{8} ). The large-scale coherent structures comprise the one-cell and two-cell flow patterns. We found that a...

In this work coherent vortex simulation (CVS) and stochastic coherent adaptive large eddy simulation (SCALES) simulations of decaying incompressible isotropic turbulence are compared to DNS and large eddy simulation (LES) results. Current LES relies on, at best, a zonally adapted filter width to reduce the computational cost of simulating complex turbulent flows. While there is an improvement o...

A space-time study of a three-dimensional nonlinearly saturated open cavity flow is undertaken using time-resolved space-extended experimental data, acquired in both cross-stream and spanwise planes, in incompressible air and water flows. Through multiple modal decompositions in time and space, the waves and coherent structures composing the dynamics in the permanent regime are identified and c...

We evaluate Rényi entropy flows from generic quantum heat engines (QHE) to a weakly coupled probe environment kept in thermal equilibrium. We show that the flows are determined not only by heat flow but also by a quantum coherent flow that can be separately measured in experiment apart from the heat flow measurement. The same pertains to Shannon entropy flow. This appeals for a revision of the ...

Coupled simulation based on intracavity partially coherent light model and 3D CFD model is firstly achieved in this paper. The dynamic equation of partially coherent intracavity field is derived based on partially coherent light theory. A numerical scheme for the coupled simulation as well as a method for computing the intracavity partially coherent field is given. The presented model explains ...

To evaluate coherent structures in the dimension of time and scale, a new procedure based on the multiresolution analysis and multiresolution auto-correlation analysis is developed in this paper. By analyzing uand v-components of fluctuating velocity, the coherent structure and its scales can be identified when larger amplitude fluctuation and stronger auto-correlation are appeared at same wave...

The production of coherent, “spiky” electrostatic potential structures, similar to the spiky electric-field structures that have been observed in the Earth’s auroral region, is investigated in a magnetized Q machine plasma. These structures are associated with coherent multiharmonic electrostatic ion-cyclotron EIC waves in a current-free plasma having a localized region of ion flow shear ion fl...

The dynamical theory of moderate Reynolds number turbulence triangulates the infinite-dimensional Navier-Stokes state space by sets of exact solutions (equilibria, relative equilibria, periodic orbits, ...) which form a rigid backbone which enables us to describe and predict the sinuous motions of a turbulent fluid. We report determination of a set of unstable periodic orbits from close recurre...