Distribution of particles and bubbles in turbulence at small Stokes number

Details Distribution of particles and bubbles in turbulence at small Stokes number Distribution of particles and bubbles in turbulence at small Stokes number

2011-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/1110.2262v1

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

4 pages

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The inertia of particles driven by the turbulent flow of the surrounding fluid makes them prefer certain regions of the flow. The heavy particles lag behind the flow and tend to accumulate in the regions with less vorticity, while the light particles do the opposite. As a result of the long-time evolution, the particles distribute over a multi-fractal attractor in space. We consider this distribution using our recent results on the steady states of chaotic dynamics. We describe the preferential concentration analytically and derive the correlation functions of density and the fractal dimensions of the attractor. The results are obtained for real turbulence and are testable experimentally.

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