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A non-inertial model for particle aggregation under turbulence

Probability 2025-01-14 v3

Abstract

We consider an abstract non-inertial model of aggregation under the influence of a Gaussian white noise with prescribed space-covariance, and prove a formula for the mean collision rate RR, per unit of time and volume. Specializing the abstract theory to a non-inertial model obtained by an inertial one, with physical constants, in the limit of infinitesimal relaxation time of the particles, and the white noise obtained as an approximation of a Gaussian noise with correlation time τη\tau_{\eta}, up to approximations the formula reads RτηΔau2an2R\sim\tau_{\eta}\left\langle \left\vert \Delta_{a}u\right\vert ^{2}\right\rangle a\cdot n^{2} where nn is the particle number per unit of volume and Δau2\left\langle \left\vert \Delta _{a}u\right\vert ^{2}\right\rangle is the square-average of the increment of random velocity field uu between points at distance aa, the particle radius. If we choose the Kolmogorov time scale τη(νε)1/2\tau_{\eta}\sim\left( \frac{\nu }{\varepsilon}\right) ^{1/2} and we assume that aa is in the dissipative range where Δau2(εν)a2\left\langle \left\vert \Delta_{a}u\right\vert ^{2}\right\rangle \sim\left( \frac{\varepsilon}{\nu}\right) a^{2}, we get Saffman-Turner formula for the collision rate RR.

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@article{arxiv.2404.05233,
  title  = {A non-inertial model for particle aggregation under turbulence},
  author = {Franco Flandoli and Ruojun Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.05233},
  year   = {2025}
}

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45 pages

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