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Analytical studies of compressible turbulence have found that compressible velocity fluctuations create both effective fluid transport properties and an effective equation of state. This paper investigates the additional effects of rotation on compressible turbulence. It is shown that rotation modifies the transport properties of compressible turbulence by replacing the turbulence time scale by a rotational time scale, much as rotation modifies the transport properties of incompressible turbulence. But thermal equilibrium properties are modified in a more complex manner. Two regimes are possible: one dominated by incompressible fluctuations, in which the sound speed is modified as it is in incompressible turbulence, and a rotation dominated regime in which the sound speed enhancement is rotation dependent. The dimensionless parameter which discriminates between regimes is identified. In general, rotation is found to suppress the effects of compressibility.
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Rubinstein, R., Zhou, Y., Erlebacher, G. (1999). Transport Coefficients in Rotating Weakly Compressible Turbulence. In: Salas, M.D., Hefner, J.N., Sakell, L. (eds) Modeling Complex Turbulent Flows. ICASE/LaRC Interdisciplinary Series in Science and Engineering, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4724-8_18
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