The effect of collision-coagulation on the mean relative velocity of particles in turbulent flow: systematic results and validation of model

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Hauptverfasser: Meng, Xiaohui, Saw, Ewe-Wei
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author Meng, Xiaohui
Saw, Ewe-Wei
author_facet Meng, Xiaohui
Saw, Ewe-Wei
contents The mean radial component of relative velocity (MRV) between pairs of inertial particles is studied, where the particles are advected by turbulent flow and undergo collision-and-coagulation. A previously proposed phenomenological model of MRV for low-inertia particles \citep{saw2022intricate} is corrected (improved) and shown to produce better predictions of the MRV as a function of particle separation distance $r$. Using direct numerical simulation (DNS), the relationship between the MRV and particle/turbulent parameters is studied. For particles with near-zero Stokes numbers ($St$), the MRV is roughly independent of $St$. At larger $St$, the magnitude of MRV increases with $St$, particularly when $St>0.2$. Assuming that the relative particle velocities are derived from fluid velocity differences associated with a nominal resonant length scale, an empirical relation between $St$ is obtained: $d+αSt^β$, where $β\approx1.86$. Coupled with this empirical result, the aforementioned MRV model could be extended to predict MRV for any finite $St$, and we show that the predictions are accurate against the DNS results. Our results also suggest that the extended model could also accurately account for possible Reynolds number ($Re_λ$) effect by simply allowing $α$ and $β$ to be functions of $Re_λ$. Additionally, when the particle diameter is smaller than the Kolmogorov length scale, the MRV for particles with the same St is independent of the particle diameter. The analysis under different Reynolds numbers ($Re_λ=84,124,189$) reveals that for particles with $St\ll1$, the MRV is $Re_λ$-independent. For larger $St$, $Re_λ$ dependence is observed such that the coefficients $α$ and $β$ decrease with $Re_λ.
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spellingShingle The effect of collision-coagulation on the mean relative velocity of particles in turbulent flow: systematic results and validation of model
Meng, Xiaohui
Saw, Ewe-Wei
Fluid Dynamics
The mean radial component of relative velocity (MRV) between pairs of inertial particles is studied, where the particles are advected by turbulent flow and undergo collision-and-coagulation. A previously proposed phenomenological model of MRV for low-inertia particles \citep{saw2022intricate} is corrected (improved) and shown to produce better predictions of the MRV as a function of particle separation distance $r$. Using direct numerical simulation (DNS), the relationship between the MRV and particle/turbulent parameters is studied. For particles with near-zero Stokes numbers ($St$), the MRV is roughly independent of $St$. At larger $St$, the magnitude of MRV increases with $St$, particularly when $St>0.2$. Assuming that the relative particle velocities are derived from fluid velocity differences associated with a nominal resonant length scale, an empirical relation between $St$ is obtained: $d+αSt^β$, where $β\approx1.86$. Coupled with this empirical result, the aforementioned MRV model could be extended to predict MRV for any finite $St$, and we show that the predictions are accurate against the DNS results. Our results also suggest that the extended model could also accurately account for possible Reynolds number ($Re_λ$) effect by simply allowing $α$ and $β$ to be functions of $Re_λ$. Additionally, when the particle diameter is smaller than the Kolmogorov length scale, the MRV for particles with the same St is independent of the particle diameter. The analysis under different Reynolds numbers ($Re_λ=84,124,189$) reveals that for particles with $St\ll1$, the MRV is $Re_λ$-independent. For larger $St$, $Re_λ$ dependence is observed such that the coefficients $α$ and $β$ decrease with $Re_λ.
title The effect of collision-coagulation on the mean relative velocity of particles in turbulent flow: systematic results and validation of model
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14928