On a Symmetry of Turbulence,

Abstract

This paper presents results on symmetries of the spectrum of singularities for random cascades found in the statistical theory of turbulence. It is shown that empirical dimension curves possess a natural symmetry whose presence restricts the class of allowable probability distributions of the cascade generator in a simple manner. In particular, necessary and sufficient conditions on the probability distribution of the generator are obtained for symmetry of the singularity spectrum within a large class of cascade models.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA256647

Entities

People

  • Ed Waymire
  • Scott Peckham

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Generators
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Spectra
  • Symmetry
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.