Intermittency and inertial particle entrainment at a turbulent interface: The effect of the large-scale eddies

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 694, Issue , 2012, Pages 371-398

  Good, G H ^a   Gerashchenko, S ^a,c   Warhaft, Z ^a,b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

intermittency; particle fluid flows; turbulent mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WIND TUNNELS;

HIGH-REYNOLDS-NUMBER TURBULENCE; HOMOGENEOUS CONDITIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS CONDITIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS TURBULENCE; INTERMITTENCY; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; TURBULENT MIXING;

TURBULENCE;

DROPLET; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARTICLE MOTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84857547812     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.552     Document Type: Article

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