Abstract
We investigate the self-affinity of a fluid velocity time series in turbulent regime. We use the CFD OpenFoam library to simulate the flow of fluid in a duct with two obstacles injecting vorticity downstream. We calculated the fluid velocity in three sections in of the structure. The simulation presented more turbulences in sections further away from obstacles. We assess the self-affinity of properties of those sections by using the Detrended Fluctuation Analysis method. This scaling method presented two behaviors. First, a persistent behavior after passing through obstacles. Second, a sub-diffusive behavior in turbulent sections, presenting a long-range correlation α exponent ranging between 1.0 and 1.5. The findings suggest that chaotic states tend to follow a sub-diffusive process.
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