Luca Biferale

Universita' di Roma II

Anisotropic Fluctuations in Turbulence

 

   Isotropic and anisotropic statistical properties of incompressible turbulent flows are reviewwd. We demonstrate, both theoretically and numerically, how   projections on the irreducible representations of the SO(3) symmetry group play an important role in disentangling leading from sub-leading scaling behaviors. Discussion on the implication of such findings on the established phenomenological understanding of turbulent flows and of passive quantities advected by turbulent flows will be also presented.