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The subfilter-scale (SFS) physics of regularization models are investigated to understand the regularizations’ performance as SFS models. The strong suppression of spectrally local SFS interactions and the conservation of small-scale circulation in the Lagrangian-averaged Navier-Stokes α−model (LANS−α) is found to lead to the formation of rigid bodies. These contaminate the superfilter-scale energy spectrum with a scaling that approaches k +1 as the SFS spectra is resolved. The Clark−α and Leray−α models, truncations of LANS−α, do not conserve small-scale circulation and do not develop rigid bodies. LANS−α, however, is closest to Navier-Stokes in intermittency properties. For magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the presence of the Lorentz force as a source (or sink) for circulation and as a facilitator of both spectrally nonlocal large to small scale interactions as well as local SFS interactions prevents the formation of rigid bodies in Lagrangian-averaged MHD (LAMHD−α). We find LAMHD−α performs well as a predictor of superfilter-scale energy spectra and of intermittent current sheets at high Reynolds numbers. We expect it may prove to be a generally applicable MHD-LES.
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Graham, J.P., Holm, D., Mininni, P., Pouquet, A. (2011). The effect of subfilter-scale physics on regularization models. In: Salvetti, M., Geurts, B., Meyers, J., Sagaut, P. (eds) Quality and Reliability of Large-Eddy Simulations II. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0231-8_37
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