Upper bounds on the energy dissipation in turbulent precession Export

@article{kerswell96, abstract = {Rigorous upper bounds on the viscous dissipation rate are identified for two commonly studied precessing fluid-filled configurations: an oblate spheroid and a long cylinder. The latter represents an interesting new application of the upper-bounding techniques developed by Howard and Busse. A novel \‘background\’ method recently introduced by Doering \& Constantin is also used to deduce in both instances an upper bound which is independent of the fluid\'s viscosity and the forcing precession rate. Experimental data provide some evidence that the observed viscous dissipation rate mirrors this behaviour at sufficiently high precessional forcing. Implications are then discussed for the Earth\'s precessional response.}, author = {Kerswell, R. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5976957}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=413696}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096007756}, doi = {10.1017/S0022112096007756}, journal = {Journal of Fluid Mechanics Digital Archive}, keywords = {bound, dissipation, precession, upper}, number = {-1}, pages = {335--370}, posted-at = {2009-10-20 22:47:03}, priority = {2}, title = {Upper bounds on the energy dissipation in turbulent precession}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096007756}, volume = {321}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - kerswell96 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5976957 N2 - Rigorous upper bounds on the viscous dissipation rate are identified for two commonly studied precessing fluid-filled configurations: an oblate spheroid and a long cylinder. The latter represents an interesting new application of the upper-bounding techniques developed by Howard and Busse. A novel ‘background’ method recently introduced by Doering & Constantin is also used to deduce in both instances an upper bound which is independent of the fluid's viscosity and the forcing precession rate. Experimental data provide some evidence that the observed viscous dissipation rate mirrors this behaviour at sufficiently high precessional forcing. Implications are then discussed for the Earth's precessional response. IS - -1 JF - Journal of Fluid Mechanics Digital Archive EP - 370 TI - Upper bounds on the energy dissipation in turbulent precession VL - 321 SP - 335 KW - bound KW - dissipation KW - precession KW - upper AU - Kerswell, RR PY - 1996/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096007756 ER -