Intermittency in the velocity distribution of heavy particles in turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 646, Issue , 2010, Pages 527-536

  Bec, J ^a   Biferale, L ^b   Cencini, M ^c   Lanotte, A S ^d,e   Toschi, F ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

^f EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

COLLOCATION POINTS; HEAVY PARTICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE TURBULENT FLOW; PARTICLE STOKES NUMBER; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY DIFFERENCE STATISTICS;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PARTICLE MOTION; STOKES FORMULA; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 77951122936     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010000029     Document Type: Article

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