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The effects of changing the orientation of the rotation axis on homogeneous turbulence is considered. We perform direct numerical simulations on a periodic box of 10243 grid points, where the orientation of the rotation axis is changed (a) at a fixed time instant (b) regularly at time intervals commensurate with the rotation time scale. The former is characterized by a dominant inverse energy cascade whereas in the latter, the inverse cascade is stymied due to the recurrent changes in the rotation axis resulting in a strong forward energy transfer and large-scale structures that resemble those of isotropic turbulence.
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Iyer, K., Mazzitelli, I., Bonaccorso, F. et al. Rotating turbulence under “precession-like” perturbation. Eur. Phys. J. E 38, 128 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2015-15128-x
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