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Eulerian direct interaction applied to the statistical motion of particles in a turbulent fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

M. W. Reeks
Affiliation:
Central Electricity Generating Board, Research Division, Berkeley Nuclear Laboratories, Gloucestershire GL13 9PB, England

Abstract

Eulerian direct interaction is used to close Liouville's equation central to the transport of particles in a turbulent fluid where the dominant drag force is derived from the particle and local fluid velocities. The reliability of the equation is then tested by comparison of solutions with those of a computer simulation of particle motion with Stokes drag in a random velocity field. Using an empirical drag law accurate for particle Reynolds numbers up to 500, formulae are derived for the statistical moments central to particle dispersion for a weak drag force operating in a Gaussian isotropic stationary velocity field. These show for instance that the long time particle diffusion coefficient is in general greater than the equivalent value based on Stokes drag.

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Research Article
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© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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