Clustering and collision of inertial particles in random velocity fields

Details Clustering and collision of inertial particles in random velocity fields Clustering and collision of inertial particles in random velocity fields

2008-01-23

arxiv.org/abs/0801.3584v4

Phys. Rev. E Vol. 77, 065301(R) (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 3 figures, revtex4

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.77.065301

The influence of clustering on the collision rate of inertial particles in a smooth random velocity field, mimicking the smaller scales of a turbulent flow, is analyzed. For small values of the the ratio between the relaxation time of the particle velocity and the characteristic time of the field, the effect of clusters is to make more energetic collisions less likely. The result is independent of the flow dimensionality and is due only to the origin of collisions in the process of caustic formation.

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