Direct numerical simulation of inertial particle collisions in isotropic turbulence

Lixue Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Li, Ruixia ^a   Liu, Zhaohui ^a   He, Zhu ^a   Chen, Yinmi ^a   Zheng, Chuguang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Isotropic turbulence; Particle collision rate; Preferential concentration; Turbulent mixing effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); KINETIC THEORY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VELOCITY;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; PARTICLE COLLISION RATE; PREFERENTIAL CONCENTRATION; TURBULENT MIXING EFFECT;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33646834294     PISSN: 04591879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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