Statistical properties of particle segregation in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 686, Issue , 2011, Pages 338-351

  Meneguz, Elena ^a   Reeks, Michael W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

homogeneous turbulence; particle fluid flow; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

DRAG; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; KINEMATICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; HOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; KINEMATIC SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE STOKES NUMBER; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TURBULENT MIXING;

SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; PARTICLE MOTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOKES FORMULA; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 84855501474     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.333     Document Type: Article

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