Passive Tracer Advection in Turbulent 2D Flow

FLOW PARAMETERS

STATISTICS

Mean spread σ:
FSLE estimate:
Richardson t^3:
Time elapsed:

TURBULENT MIXING

Batchelor spectrum: E_θ(k) ~ k⁻¹
Richardson dispersion:
⟨r²(t)⟩ ~ εt³ (2-particle)

FSLE (finite-size Lyapunov):
λ(δ) = (1/τ)·ln(δ₁/δ₀)

Kraichnan-Batchelor regime:
smooth velocity field → exponential
separation → Lyapunov exponents

2D turbulence: inverse energy cascade
E(k) ~ k⁻⁵/³