Collision statistics in an isotropic particle-laden turbulent suspension. Part 1. Direct numerical simulations

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 335, Issue , 1997, Pages 75-109

  Sundaram, Shivshankar ^a   Collins, Lance R ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; KINETIC THEORY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

PARTICLE COLLISION STATISTICS; PSEUDOSPECTRAL ALGORITHMS; STOKES DRAG; STOKES NUMBERS; TURBULENT SUSPENSIONS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

SIMULATION-NUMERICAL; SUSPENSIONS; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

FLUID MECHANICS; PARTICLE COLLISION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOKES NUMBERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031103429     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096004454     Document Type: Article

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