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      On the accuracy of simulations of turbulence

      Wan, Minping; Oughton, Sean; Matthaeus, William H.
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      Wan, M., Oughton, S. & Matthaeus, W.H. (2010). On the accuracy of simulations of turbulence. Physics of Plasmas, 17(8), 082308.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4675
      Abstract
      The widely recognized issue of adequate spatial resolution in numerical simulations of turbulence is studied in the context of two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics. The familiar criterion that the dissipation scale should be resolved enables accurate computation of the spectrum, but fails for precise determination of higher-order statistical quantities. Examination of two straightforward diagnostics, the maximum of the kurtosis and the scale-dependent kurtosis, enables the development of simple tests for assessing adequacy of spatial resolution. The efficacy of the tests is confirmed by examining a sample problem, the distribution of magnetic reconnection rates in turbulence. Oversampling the Kolmogorov dissipation scale by a factor of 3 allows accurate computation of the kurtosis, the scale-dependent kurtosis, and the reconnection rates. These tests may provide useful guidance for resolution requirements in many plasma computations involving turbulence and reconnection.
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      2010
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      Journal Article
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      American Institute of Physics
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