Measuring nonextensitivity parameters in a turbulent Couette-Taylor flow

Mar, 2001
4 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.E 63 (2001) 035303
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Abstract: (APS)
We investigate probability density functions of velocity differences at different distances r measured in a Couette-Taylor flow for a range of Reynolds numbers Re. There is good agreement with the predictions of a theoretical model based on nonextensive statistical mechanics (where the entropies are nonadditive for independent subsystems). We extract the scale-dependent nonextensitivity parameter q(r,Re) from the laboratory data.
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  • 8 pages, 5 figures
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