Lagrangian properties of particles in turbulence

F Toschi, E Bodenschatz - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The Lagrangian description of turbulence is characterized by a unique conceptual simplicity
and by an immediate connection with the physics of dispersion and mixing. In this article, we …

Bubbly and buoyant particle–laden turbulent flows

V Mathai, D Lohse, C Sun - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Fluid turbulence is commonly associated with stronger drag, greater heat transfer, and more
efficient mixing than in laminar flows. In many natural and industrial settings, turbulent liquid …

Preferential concentration of heavy particles: a Voronoï analysis

R Monchaux, M Bourgoin, A Cartellier - Physics of Fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We present an experimental characterization of preferential concentration and clustering of
inertial particles in a turbulent flow obtained from Voronoï diagram analysis. Several results …

Experimental study of inertial particles clustering and settling in homogeneous turbulence

AJ Petersen, L Baker, F Coletti - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
We study experimentally the spatial distribution, settling and interaction of sub-Kolmogorov
inertial particles with homogeneous turbulence. Utilizing a zero-mean-flow air turbulence …

Statistical models for spatial patterns of heavy particles in turbulence

K Gustavsson, B Mehlig - Advances in Physics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The dynamics of heavy particles suspended in turbulent flows is of fundamental importance
for a wide range of questions in astrophysics, atmospheric physics, oceanography, and …

The effect of Reynolds number on inertial particle dynamics in isotropic turbulence. Part 2. Simulations with gravitational effects

PJ Ireland, AD Bragg, LR Collins - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016 - cambridge.org
In Part 1 of this study (Ireland et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 796, 2016, pp. 617–658), we
analysed the motion of inertial particles in isotropic turbulence in the absence of gravity …

On bubble clustering and energy spectra in pseudo-turbulence

JM Mercado, DC Gomez, D Van Gils, C Sun… - Journal of fluid …, 2010 - cambridge.org
Three-dimensional particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) and phase-sensitive constant
temperature anemometry in pseudo-turbulence–ie flow solely driven by rising bubbles–were …

Motion of inertial particles with size larger than Kolmogorov scale in turbulent flows

H Xu, E Bodenschatz - Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 2008 - Elsevier
We report experimental results on the motion of tracer and non-tracer particles in intense
turbulent water flows between counter-rotating disks measured by three-dimensional …

Acceleration statistics of finite-sized particles in turbulent flow: the role of Faxén forces

E Calzavarini, R Volk, M Bourgoin… - Journal of Fluid …, 2009 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of particles in turbulence when the particle size is larger than the dissipative
scale of the carrier flow are studied. Recent experiments have highlighted signatures of …

Finite-size effects in the dynamics of neutrally buoyant particles in turbulent flow

H Homann, J Bec - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2010 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of neutrally buoyant particles transported by a turbulent flow is investigated for
spherical particles with radii of the order of the Kolmogorov dissipative scale or larger. The …