A poor man's compressible Navier--Stokes equation

We outline derivation of a ``poor man's compressible Navier--Stokes'' (PMCNS) equation, a discrete dynamical system (DDS) extending analyses of McDonough and Huang (Int.\ J.\ Numer. Meth.\ Fluids 44, 545, 2004) for the 2-D incompressible Navier--Stokes (N.--S.) equation to the 3-D compressible counterpart, and we indicate a method for computing bifurcation parameters of the DDS directly from those of the original differential equations, along with known physical parameters such as transport properties. We briefly provide a mathematical characterization of the PMCNS equation, in particular noting an approximate relationship to micro-local analysis of a pseudo-differential operator of the compressible N.--S. equation. We then investigate time series, power spectra and bifurcation diagrams of this DDS for various combinations of bifurcation parameters, including those most closely corresponding to homogeneous, isotropic turbulence; and we present comparisons of PMCNS calculations with extant experimental and DNS compressible flow data. We conclude by discussing application of this discrete dynamical system to construction of subgrid-scale models for LES of compressible flows within a synthetic-velocity/multi-scale framework.