Preferential Concentration of Free-Falling Heavy Particles in Turbulence

We present a sweep-stick mechanism for heavy particles transported by a turbulent flow under the action of gravity. Direct numerical simulations show that these particles preferentially explore regions of the flow with close to zero Lagrangian acceleration. However, the actual Lagrangian acceleratio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Falkinhoff, F., Obligado, M., Bourgoin, M., Mininni, Pablo Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/146237
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/146237
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MULTIPHASE FLOWS
TURBULENCE
PARTICLE LADEN FLOWS
STOKES DRAG
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
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Sumario:We present a sweep-stick mechanism for heavy particles transported by a turbulent flow under the action of gravity. Direct numerical simulations show that these particles preferentially explore regions of the flow with close to zero Lagrangian acceleration. However, the actual Lagrangian acceleration of the fluid elements where particles accumulate is not zero, and has a dependence on the Stokes number, the gravity acceleration, and the settling velocity of the particles.