Settling of particles in homogeneous shear turbulence etc15 Tracking Number 121Presentation: Session: Lagrangian aspects of turbulence 1 Room: Room F Session start: 10:30 Wed 26 Aug 2015 Michel van Hinsberg m.a.t.v.hinsberg@tue.nl Affifliation: Eindhoven University of Technology Herman Clercx H.J.H.Clercx@tue.nl Affifliation: Eindhoven University of Technology Federico Toschi F.Toschi@tue.nl Affifliation: Eindhoven University of Technology Topics: - Lagrangian aspects of turbulence Abstract: The settling of (inertial) particles is studied in homogeneous shear turbulence. A drift velocity perpendicular to gravity is measured due to the interplay between the homogeneous shear turbulence and gravity acting on the particles. We introduce a model to predict and understand this phenomenon. |