Topological Characterization of Flow Structures in Resistive Pressure-Gradient-Driven Turbulence Articles uri icon

publication date

  • December 2008

start page

  • 66402

issue

  • 6

volume

  • 78

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1539-3755

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1550-2376

abstract

  • Visualization of turbulent flows is a powerful tool to help understand the turbulence dynamics and induced transport. However, it does not provide a quantitative description of the observed structures. In this paper, an approach to characterize quantitatively the topology of the flows is given. The technique, which can be applied to any type of turbulence dynamics, is illustrated through the example of resistive ballooning instabilities.