@article{ISI:000324779300018, abstract = {The issue of intermittency in numerical solutions of the 3D Navier-Stokes equations on a periodic box [0, L](3) is addressed through four sets of numerical simulations that calculate a new set of variables defined by D-m(t) = (pi(-1)(0) Omega(m))(alpha m) for 1 <= m <= infinity where alpha(m) = 2m/(4m - 3) and [Omega(m)(t)](2m) = L-3 integral(v) vertical bar omega vertical bar(2m) dV with pi(0) = vL(-2). All four simulations unexpectedly show that the D-m are ordered for m = 1,..., 9 such that Dm+1 < D-m. Moreover, the D-m squeeze together such that Dm+1/D-m NE arrow 1 as m increases. The values of D-1 lie far above the values of the rest of the D-m, giving rise to a suggestion that a depletion of nonlinearity is occurring which could be the cause of Navier-Stokes regularity. The first simulation is of very anisotropic decaying turbulence; the second and third are of decaying isotropic turbulence from random initial conditions and forced isotropic turbulence at fixed Grashof number respectively; the fourth is of very-high-Reynolds-number forced, stationary, isotropic turbulence at up to resolutions of 4096(3).}, author = {Donzis, Diego A. and Gibbon, John D. and Gupta, Anupam and Kerr, Robert M. and Pandit, Rahul and Vincenzi, Dario}, doi = {10.1017/jfm.2013.409}, eissn = {1469-7645}, issn = {0022-1120}, journal = {JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS}, month = {OCT}, orcid-numbers = {Gupta, Anupam/0000-0002-7335-0584}, pages = {316-331}, researcherid-numbers = {Gupta, Anupam/N-4777-2018}, times-cited = {16}, title = {Vorticity moments in four numerical simulations of the 3D Navier-Stokes equations}, unique-id = {ISI:000324779300018}, volume = {732}, year = {2013} }