Cascade Models of Turbulence and Mixing

Authors: Leo P. KADANOFF

Abstract: This note describes two kinds of work on turbulence. First it describes a simplified model of turbulent energy-cascades called the GOY model. Second it mentions work on a model of mixing in fluids. In addition to a brief historical discussion, I include some mention of our own work carried on at the University of Chicago by Jane Wang, Detlef Lohse, Roberto Benzi, Norbert Sch\"orghofer, Scott Wunsch, Tong Zhou and myself. Our own studies are in large measure the outgrowth of a paper by M. H. Jensen, G. Paladin, and A. Vulpiani [1]. I mention this connection with some sadness because I recall Paladin's recent death in a mountain accident.

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