Particle-laden turbulence: progress and perspectives

L Brandt, F Coletti - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This review is motivated by the fast progress in our understanding of the physics of particle-
laden turbulence in the last decade, partly due to the tremendous advances of measurement …

[HTML][HTML] On the prediction of settling velocity for plastic particles of different shapes

S Francalanci, E Paris, L Solari - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport processes of plastic particles in freshwater and marine environments are one of
the relevant advances of knowledge in predicting the fate of plastic in the environment. Here …

Amplitude modulation in particle-laden atmospheric surface layers

H Liu, X He, X Zheng - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Particle effects on the amplitude modulation are investigated in this study based on
observational data with various mass loading acquired from long-term measurements of …

Evidence of preferential sweeping during snow settling in atmospheric turbulence

J Li, A Abraham, M Guala, J Hong - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
We present a field study of snow settling dynamics based on simultaneous measurements of
the atmospheric flow field and snow particle trajectories. Specifically, a super-large-scale …

Snow particle analyzer for simultaneous measurements of snow density and morphology

J Li, M Guala, J Hong - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The detailed characterization of snow particles is critical for understanding the snow settling
behavior and modeling the ground snow accumulation for various applications such as …

The effect of turbulent motions on particle spatial distribution in high-Reynolds-number particle-laden flows

X He, H Liu - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The spatial relationship between turbulent and particle concentration structures is
investigated based on the turbulent velocity and particle concentration data obtained …

Imaging-based 3D particle tracking system for field characterization of particle dynamics in atmospheric flows

N Bristow, J Li, P Hartford, M Guala, J Hong - Experiments in Fluids, 2023 - Springer
A particle tracking velocimetry apparatus is presented that is capable of measuring three-
dimensional particle trajectories across large volumes, of the order of several meters, during …

Turbulence effect on disk settling dynamics

A Tinklenberg, M Guala, F Coletti - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
Turbulence can have a strong effect on the fall speed of snowflakes and ice crystals. In this
experimental study, the behaviour of thin disks falling in homogeneous turbulence is …

Geometric descriptors for the prediction of snowflake drag

K Köbschall, J Breitenbach, IV Roisman, C Tropea… - Experiments in …, 2023 - Springer
The dynamics of solid particles of complex shapes such as airborne snowflakes are
governed by aerodynamic drag forces that are a function of the relative velocity of the …

How does two-way coupling modify particle settling and the role of multiscale preferential sweeping?

J Tom, M Carbone, AD Bragg - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
For one-way coupled (1WC) flows, Tom & Bragg (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 871, 2019, pp. 244–
270) advanced the analysis of Maxey (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 174, 1987, pp. 441–465), which …