[HTML][HTML] SPARSE–R: A point-cloud tracer with random forcing

D Domínguez-Vázquez, GB Jacobs - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2024 - Elsevier
A predictive, point-cloud tracer is presented that determines with a quantified uncertainty the
Lagrangian motion of a group of point-particles within a finite region. The tracer assumes a …

Effect of interpolation kernels and grid refinement on two way-coupled point-particle simulations

NA Keane, SV Apte, SS Jain, MA Khanwale - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The predictive capability of two way-coupled point-particle Euler–Lagrange model in
accurately capturing particle–flow interactions under grid refinement, wherein the particle …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of dynamic characteristics of fluidized beds via numerical simulations

F Zhang, S Tavakkol, S Dercho, J Zhou, T Zirwes… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Euler–Lagrange simulations coupled with the multiphase particle-in-cell (MP-PIC) approach
for considering inter-particulate collisions have been performed to simulate a non-reacting …

Finite volume fraction effect on self-induced velocity in two-way coupled Euler-Lagrange simulations

J Kim, S Balachandar - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
In a two-way coupled Euler-Lagrange (EL) simulation, a particle of size comparable to the
local grid spacing results in self-induced perturbation, which must be subtracted to obtain …

Undisturbed velocity recovery with transient and weak inertia effects in volume-filtered simulations of particle-laden flows

F Evrard, A Chandran, R Cortez… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In volume-filtered Euler-Lagrange simulations of particle-laden flows, the fluid forces acting
on a particle are estimated using reduced models, which rely on the knowledge of the local …

Study and derivation of closures in the volume-filtered framework for particle-laden flows

M Hausmann, V Chéron, F Evrard… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The volume-filtering of the Navier-Stokes equations allows to consider the effect that
particles have on the fluid without further assumptions, but closures arise of which the …

Compressible pairwise interaction extended point-particle model for force prediction of shock-particle bed interaction

SS Hsiao, K Salari, S Balachandar - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
We propose a pairwise influence framework for the complex unsteady compressible particle-
laden flow problem by accounting for the scattered hydrodynamic waves emitting from …

Fully resolved simulation of spherical and non-spherical particles in a turbulent channel flow

M Giahi, D Bergstrom - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper investigates the behavior of finite-size particles in a turbulent channel flow using
a custom direct numerical simulation solver within the FOAM-Extend framework. The solver …

[HTML][HTML] A semi-analytical transient undisturbed velocity correction scheme for wall-bounded two-way coupled Euler-Lagrange simulations

A Chandran, F Evrard, B van Wachem - Journal of Computational Physics, 2025 - Elsevier
Force closure models employed in Euler-Lagrange (EL) point-particle simulations rely on
the accurate estimation of the undisturbed fluid velocity at the particle center to evaluate the …

Correction methods for exchange source terms in unstructured Euler-Lagrange solvers with point-source approximation

T Lesaffre, A Pestre, E Riber, B Cuenot - Flow, Turbulence and …, 2024 - Springer
This paper provides a preliminary study of two different methods to handle the limitations of
the Lagrangian point-force approach in the context of unstructured LES solvers. Large …