Inertial particle relative velocity statistics in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 696, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-66

  Salazar, Juan P L C ^a,b,c   Collins, Lance R ^a,b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b International Collaboration for Turbulence Research   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

isotropic turbulence; particle fluid flow; turbulence simulation

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

HIGHER-ORDER STRUCTURE; HOMOGENEOUS ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; PREFERENTIAL CONCENTRATION; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID FLOW; INERTIA; ISOTROPY; KINETIC ENERGY; PARTICLE MOTION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84859208242     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.2     Document Type: Article

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