Settling velocity and preferential concentration of heavy particles under two-way coupling effects in homogeneous turbulence

Preferential concentration of heavy particles in stably stratified turbulence.

The effect of preferential concentration of heavy particles in a homogeneous stably stratified turbulent flow is studied by means of direct numerical simulations. Particle distributions show different clustering patterns in horizontal and vertical directions, thereby representing the anisotropy of the flow. Preferential concentration in stably stratified turbulence can be quantified using 2D an...

Preferential concentration of heavy particles: A Voronöı analysis

Preferential concentration of heavy particles: A Voronoï analysis

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Preferential concentration and rise velocity reduction of bubbles immersed in a homogeneous and isotropic turbulent flow

The behavior of small spherical bubbles immersed in a homogeneous isotropic turbulent carrier flow of a heavier fluid has been experimentally studied. Air bubbles with diameters between 10 and 900 lm were injected in the test section of a horizontal water channel and allowed to interact with the turbulence induced by a grid located at the entrance to the test section. Point measurements of the ...

Velocity autocorrelations of decaying isotropic homogeneous turbulence

Velocity autocorrelations and the mean-square displacements of fluid particles are obtained for decaying, isotropic homogeneous turbulence by numerical simulation of the flow field, using 1283 and 256’ grids, and tracking several tens of thousands of fluid particles, using a third-order interpolation scheme. A self-preserving Lagrangian velocity autocorrelation coefficient is found in terms of ...