Vortex flows with particles and droplets (a review)

AY Varaksin, SV Ryzhkov - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Single-phase vortices are a classic example of objects characterized by symmetry in the
distribution of all main parameters. The presence of inertial particles (or droplets) in such …

Understanding transmission dynamics of COVID-19-type infections by direct numerical simulations of cough/sneeze flows

SS Diwan, S Ravichandran, R Govindarajan… - Transactions of the …, 2020 - Springer
The transmission dynamics of highly contagious respiratory diseases like COVID-19
(through coughing/sneezing) is an open problem in the epidemiological studies of such …

The dispersion of spherical droplets in source–sink flows and their relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic

CP Cummins, OJ Ajayi, FV Mehendale, R Gabl… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of spherical droplets in the presence of a source–
sink pair flow field. The dynamics of the droplets is governed by the Maxey–Riley equation …

Accurate solution method for the Maxey–Riley equation, and the effects of Basset history

SG Prasath, V Vasan, R Govindarajan - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
The Maxey–Riley equation has been extensively used by the fluid dynamics community to
study the dynamics of small inertial particles in fluid flow. However, most often, the Basset …

Accelerated decay of a Lamb–Oseen vortex tube laden with inertial particles in Eulerian–Lagrangian simulations

S Shuai, MH Kasbaoui - journal of fluid mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We investigate the effect of inertial particles on the stability and decay of a prototypical vortex
tube, represented by a two-dimensional Lamb–Oseen vortex. In the absence of particles, the …

Clustering in Euler–Euler and Euler–Lagrange simulations of unbounded homogeneous particle-laden shear

MH Kasbaoui, DL Koch, O Desjardins - journal of fluid mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Particle-laden flows of sedimenting solid particles or droplets in a carrier gas have strong
inter-phase coupling. Even at low particle volume fractions, the two-way coupling can be …

Lagrangian coherent structures and inertial particle dynamics

M Sudharsan, SL Brunton, JJ Riley - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
In this work we investigate the dynamics of inertial particles using finite-time Lyapunov
exponents (FTLE). In particular, we characterize the attractor and repeller structures …

Instability of a dusty vortex

S Shuai, DJ Dhas, A Roy, MH Kasbaoui - journal of fluid mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
We investigate the effect of inertial particles dispersed in a circular patch of finite radius on
the stability of a two-dimensional Rankine vortex in semi-dilute dusty flows. Unlike the …

Progress on mechanisms of mesoscale structures and mesoscale drag model in gas-solid fluidized beds

M JIANG, Q ZHOU - CIESC Journal, 2022 - hgxb.cip.com.cn
In gas-solid fluidized beds, spatiotemporal mutiscale structures caused by the intrinsic
instability of gas-solid flows have a large impact on the interphase interaction. Predicting …

Flow structures govern particle collisions in turbulence

JR Picardo, L Agasthya, R Govindarajan, SS Ray - Physical Review Fluids, 2019 - APS
The role of the spatial structure of a turbulent flow in enhancing particle collision rates in
suspensions is an open question. We show and quantify, as a function of particle inertia, the …