Anisotropic particles in turbulence

GA Voth, A Soldati - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Anisotropic particles are common in many industrial and natural turbulent flows. When these
particles are small and neutrally buoyant, they follow Lagrangian trajectories while …

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 …

A web services accessible database of turbulent channel flow and its use for testing a new integral wall model for LES

J Graham, K Kanov, XIA Yang, M Lee… - Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
abstract The output from a direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent channel flow at Re
τ≈ 1000 is used to construct a publicly and Web services accessible, spatio-temporal …

Rotation of nonspherical particles in turbulent channel flow

L Zhao, NR Challabotla, HI Andersson, EA Variano - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
The effects of particle inertia, particle shape, and fluid shear on particle rotation are
examined using direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow. Particles at the …

Shape-dependence of particle rotation in isotropic turbulence

M Byron, J Einarsson, K Gustavsson, G Voth… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We consider the rotation of neutrally buoyant axisymmetric particles suspended in isotropic
turbulence. Using laboratory experiments as well as numerical and analytical calculations …

Inertia induces strong orientation fluctuations of nonspherical atmospheric particles

T Bhowmick, J Seesing, K Gustavsson, J Guettler… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The orientation of nonspherical particles in the atmosphere, such as volcanic ash and ice
crystals, influences their residence times and the radiative properties of the atmosphere …

Alignment of vorticity and rods with Lagrangian fluid stretching in turbulence

R Ni, NT Ouellette, GA Voth - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
Stretching in continuum mechanics is naturally described using the Cauchy–Green strain
tensors. These tensors quantify the Lagrangian stretching experienced by a material …

Orientation and rotation of inertial disk particles in wall turbulence

NR Challabotla, L Zhao, HI Andersson - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
The translational and rotational dynamics of oblate spheroidal particles suspended in a
directly simulated turbulent channel flow have been examined. Inertial disk-like particles …

Measurements of the coupling between the tumbling of rods and the velocity gradient tensor in turbulence

R Ni, S Kramel, NT Ouellette, GA Voth - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
We present simultaneous experimental measurements of the dynamics of anisotropic
particles transported by a turbulent flow and the velocity gradient tensor of the flow …

Effect of fluid inertia on the orientation of a small prolate spheroid settling in turbulence

K Gustavsson, MZ Sheikh, D Lopez, A Naso… - New Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the angular dynamics of small non-spherical particles settling in a turbulent flow,
such as ice crystals in clouds, aggregates of organic material in the oceans, or fibres settling …