Two-fluid model of the truncated Euler equations

A phenomenological two-fluid model of the (time-reversible) spectrally-truncated 3 D Euler equation is proposed. The thermalized small scales are first shown to be quasi-normal. The effective viscosity and thermal diffusion are then determined, using EDQNM closure and Monte-Carlo numerical computations. Finally, the model is validated by comparing its dynamics with that of the original truncated Euler equation.