Fluctuation-Induced Interaction in Turbulent Flows

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS(2022)

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Abstract
Fluctuation-induced forces are observed in numerous physical systems spanning from quantum to macroscopic scale. However, there is as yet no experimental report of their existence in hydrodynamic turbulence. Here, we present evidence of an attraction force mediated via turbulent fluctuations by using two walls locally confining 2D turbulence. This long-range interaction is a function of the wall separation and the energy injection rate in the turbulent flow. As the wall spacing decreases, the confined flow becomes less energetic and more anisotropic in the bounded domain, producing stronger attraction. The mechanism of force generation is rooted in a nontrivial fluid-wall coupling where coherent flow structures are guided by the cavity walls. For the narrowest cavities studied, a resonance phenomenon at the flow forcing scale leads to a complex short-range interaction. The results could be relevant to problems encountered in a range of fields from industrial multiphase flows to modeling of planetary formation.
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Turbulence,Turbulent Flows,Hydrodynamic Turbulence,Two-Phase Flow,Fluid Mechanics
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