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@article{Calzavarini:2008, abstract = {Particles with different density from the advecting turbulent fluids cluster due to the different response of light and heavy particles to turbulent fluctuations. This study focuses on the quantitative characterization of the segregation of dilute polydisperse inertial particles evolving in turbulent flow, as obtained from direct numerical simulation of homogeneous isotropic turbulence. We introduce an indicator of segregation amongst particles of different inertia and/or size, from which a length scale rseg, quantifying the segregation degree between two particle types, is deduced.}, author = {Calzavarini, Enrico and Cencini, Massimo and Lohse, Detlef and Federico}, citeulike-article-id = {3151917}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000101000008084504000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v101/e084504}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.084504}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.084504}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {clustering, particle-laden, two-phase}, number = {8}, posted-at = {2008-11-09 19:14:54}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Quantifying Turbulence-Induced Segregation of Inertial Particles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.084504}, volume = {101}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - Calzavarini:2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3151917 N2 - Particles with different density from the advecting turbulent fluids cluster due to the different response of light and heavy particles to turbulent fluctuations. This study focuses on the quantitative characterization of the segregation of dilute polydisperse inertial particles evolving in turbulent flow, as obtained from direct numerical simulation of homogeneous isotropic turbulence. We introduce an indicator of segregation amongst particles of different inertia and/or size, from which a length scale rseg, quantifying the segregation degree between two particle types, is deduced. IS - 8 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Quantifying Turbulence-Induced Segregation of Inertial Particles PB - APS VL - 101 KW - clustering KW - particle-laden KW - two-phase AU - Calzavarini, Enrico AU - Cencini, Massimo AU - Lohse, Detlef AU - Federico PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.084504 ER -