Kolmogorov turbulence in a random-force-driven Burgers equation

Abstract

The dynamics of velocity fluctuations, governed by the one-dimensional Burgers equation, driven by a white-in-time random force with the spatial spectrum $\overline{|f(k)|^2}\proptok^{-1}$, is considered. High-resolution numerical experiments conducted in this work give the energy spectrum $E(k)\propto k^{-β}$ with $β=5/3\pm 0.02$. The observed two-point correlation function $C(k,ω)$ reveals $ω\propto k^z$ with the "dynamical exponent" $z\approx 2/3$. High-order moments of velocity differences show strong intermittency and are dominated by powerful large-scale shocks. The results are compared with predictions of the one-loop renormalized perturbation expansion.