… particle-laden turbulent flows. Once we understand the mechanisms for preferential concentration,
… ask if we can control and/or make use of the nonuniformity in the concentration field. …

… of turbulent motions on the particle concentration fields. Of interest in the present work is to
identify which regions of turbulent flow fields significantly influence particle … influence particle …

… ► Preferential concentration of inertial particles in turbulent flows is reviewed. ► We
describe the tools used to diagnose and analyse preferential concentration. ► We conclude on …

… Besides the simple characterisation of preferential concentration of particles in turbulence, …
particles, and more particularly, the centrifugal effect (particles been expelled out of turbulent …

… in turbulence and the preferential concentration of particles by those structures. The reader
is referred to Rouson, Eaton & Abrahamson (1997) for a broader picture of the particle-laden …

… preferential concentration studies by using an experimental apparatus to produce homogeneous
isotropic particle-laden turbulence at … descriptors of preferential concentration to assess …

… particles into the low speed streaks. Analytical and numerical simulations have shown that
preferential concentration of particles into specific turbulence … to show that particles should be …

… Preferential concentration is usually observed for particles with St1. For larger values of the
Stokes number ie, St Re , where Re is the turbulent … 14 for the definition, particles become …

… turbulence-like spectrum, Maxey (1987b), have shown this preferential concentration of heavy
particles … DNS) of particle-laden flows have confirmed that, as the particles interact with the …

… 5, the effect of preferential concentration may apparently help in an understanding of the …
pair dispersion and preferential concentration of inertial particles in a turbulent fluid flow field …