Fractal clustering of inertial particles in random flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Bec, J́eŕemie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; FRICTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRAJECTORIES; VISCOSITY;

STOKES NUMBER;

TURBULENT FLOW;

LIQUID-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PARTICLE MOTION; STOKES FLOW; SUSPENSION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0344468067     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1612500     Document Type: Article

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