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| '''Kolmogorov microscales''' are the smallest [[scale (ratio)|scale]]s in [[Turbulence|turbulent flow]]. At the Kolmogorov scale, viscosity dominates and the turbulent kinetic energy is dissipated into heat. They are defined<ref>{{cite book|title=Turbulence and Random Processes in Fluid Mechanics|year=1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521422130|author=M. T. Landahl|edition=2nd|coauthors=E. Mollo-Christensen|page=10}}</ref> by | | Emilia Shryock is my name but you can contact me something you like. Minnesota is where he's been living for years. Body building is what my family members and I appreciate. Bookkeeping is my occupation.<br><br>Here is my web-site - diet meal delivery ([http://Flark.it/healthymealsdelivered68340 look at this web-site]) |
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| | Kolmogorov length scale
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| | <math>\eta = \left( \frac{\nu^3}{\epsilon} \right)^{1/4}</math>
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| | Kolmogorov time scale
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| | <math>\tau_\eta = \left( \frac{\nu}{\epsilon} \right)^{1/2}</math>
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| | Kolmogorov velocity scale
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| | <math>u_\eta = \left( \nu \epsilon \right)^{1/4}</math>
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| where <math>\epsilon</math> is the average rate of dissipation of [[turbulence kinetic energy]] per unit mass, and <math>\nu</math> is the [[kinematic viscosity]] of the fluid.
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| In his 1941 theory, [[Andrey Kolmogorov]] introduced the idea that the smallest scales of [[turbulence]] are universal (similar for every [[turbulent flow]]) and that they depend only on <math>\epsilon</math> and <math>\nu</math>. The definitions of the Kolmogorov microscales can be obtained using this idea and [[dimensional analysis]]. It therefore is not a theory derived from first principles. Since the dimension of kinematic viscosity is length<sup>2</sup>/time, and the dimension of the [[energy dissipation]] rate per unit mass is length<sup>2</sup>/time<sup>3</sup>, the only combination that has the dimension of time is <math> \tau_\eta=(\nu / \epsilon)^{1/2}</math> which is the Kolmorogov time scale. Similarly, the Kolmogorov length scale is the only combination of <math>\epsilon</math> and <math>\nu</math> that has dimension of length.
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| The Kolmogorov 1941 theory is a [[mean field theory]] since it assumes that the relevant dynamical parameter is the mean energy dissipation rate. In [[fluid turbulence]], the energy dissipation rate fluctuates in space and time, so it is possible to think of the microscales as quantities that also vary in space and time. However, standard practice is to use mean field values since they represent the typical values of the smallest scales in a given flow.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Taylor microscale]]
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| *[[Integral length scale]]
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| *[[Batchelor scale]]
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolmogorov Microscales}}
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| [[Category:Turbulence]]
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