Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
2002-10-30
Phys. Rev. E, 67 046314 (2003).
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
21 pages, 5 figues,included, PRE, submitted
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.67.046314
We propose a one-fluid analytical model for a turbulently flowing dilute suspension, based on modified Navier-Stokes equation with a $k$-dependent effective density of suspension, $\rho_ {eff}(k)$, and an additional damping term $\propto \gamma_ p(k)$, representing the fluid-particle friction (described by Stokes law). The statistical description of turbulence within the model is simplified by a modification of the usual closure procedure based on the Richardson-Kolmogorov picture of turbulence with a differential approximation for the energy transfer term. The resulting ordinary differential equation for the energy budget is solved analytically for various important limiting cases and numerically in the general case. In the inertial interval of scales we describe analytically two competing effects: the energy suppression due to the fluid particle friction and the energy enhancement during the cascade process due to decrease of the effective density of the small scale motions. An additional suppression or enhancement of the energy density may occur in the viscous subrange, caused by the variation of the extent of the inertial interval due to the combined effect of the fluid-particle friction and the decrease of the kinematic viscosity of the suspensions. The analytical description of the complicated interplay of these effects supported by numerical calculations is presented. Our findings allow one to rationalize the qualitative picture of the isotropic homogeneous turbulence of dilute suspensions as observed in direct numerical simulations.
L'vov Victor S.
Ooms Gijs
Pomyalov Anna
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