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 …

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 …

Velocity and spatial distribution of inertial particles in a turbulent channel flow

KO Fong, O Amili, F Coletti - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Velocity and spatial distribution of inertial particles in a turbulent channel flow Page 1 J. Fluid
Mech. (2019), vol. 872, pp. 367–406. c Cambridge University Press 2019 doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.355 …

Coherent clusters of inertial particles in homogeneous turbulence

L Baker, A Frankel, A Mani, F Coletti - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
Despite the widely acknowledged significance of turbulence-driven clustering, a clear
topological definition of particle cluster in turbulent dispersed multiphase flows has been …

Inertial particle velocity and distribution in vertical turbulent channel flow: a numerical and experimental comparison

G Wang, KO Fong, F Coletti, J Capecelatro… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is concerned with the statistics of vertical turbulent channel flow laden with inertial
particles for two different volume concentrations (Φ V= 3× 10− 6 and Φ V= 5× 10− 5) at a …

Interface-resolved direct numerical simulations of the interactions between spheroidal particles and upward vertical turbulent channel flows

C Zhu, Z Yu, D Pan, X Shao - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
The interactions between finite-size spheroidal particles and upward turbulent flows in a
vertical channel are numerically simulated with a direct-forcing fictitious domain method at …

Turbulent thermal convection driven by heated inertial particles

R Zamansky, F Coletti, M Massot… - Journal of Fluid …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The heating of particles in a dilute suspension, for instance by radiation, chemical reactions
or radioactivity, leads to local temperature fluctuations in the fluid due to the non-uniformity …

Two-way coupled turbulent particle-laden boundary layer combustion over a flat plate

G Chen, H Wang, K Luo, J Fan - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
In the present study, turbulent particle-laden boundary layer combustion over a flat plate is
investigated using direct numerical simulation (DNS). A two-way coupled Eulerian …

Mechanisms of drag reduction by semidilute inertial particles in turbulent channel flow

H Dave, MH Kasbaoui - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
We investigate the mechanisms by which inertial particles dispersed at semidilute conditions
cause significant drag-reduction in a turbulent channel flow at Re τ= 180. We consider a …

Reynolds number scaling of inertial particle statistics in turbulent channel flows

M Bernardini - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
The effect of the Reynolds number on the behaviour of inertial particles in wall-bounded
turbulent flows is investigated through large-scale direct numerical simulations (DNS) of …