The dynamics of small inertial particles in weakly stratified turbulence

Journal of Hydro-Environment Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-114

  van Aartrijk, M ^a   Clercx, H J H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulations; Inertial particles; Preferential concentration; Single particle dispersion; Stratified turbulence

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; FLUID DENSITIES; FLUID PARTICLES; HEAVY PARTICLES; HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INERTIAL PARTICLES; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; LIGHT PARTICLES; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PREFERENTIAL CONCENTRATION; SINGLE-PARTICLE; SMALL SCALE; SMALL-SCALE DYNAMICS; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; VERTICAL DISPERSION;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMICS; PLASMA FLOW;

TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE MOTION; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77953609289     PISSN: 15706443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jher.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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