Is Turbulence a State of Maximum Energy Dissipation?

Turbulent flows are known to enhance turbulent transport. It has then even been suggested that turbulence is a state of maximum energy dissipation. In this paper, we re-examine critically this suggestion in light of several recent works around the Maximum Entropy Production principle (MEP) that has...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin Mihelich, Davide Faranda, Didier Paillard, Bérengère Dubrulle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/4/154