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Dusty turbulence

Fluid Dynamics 2017-02-23 v1

Abstract

The feedback forces exerted by particles suspended in a turbulent flow is shown to lead to a new scaling law for velocity fluctuations associated to a power-spectra k2\propto k^{-2}. The mechanism at play relies on a direct transfer of kinetic energy to small scales through Kelvin--Helmholtz instabilities occurring in regions of high particle density contrast. This finding is confirmed by two-dimensional direct numerical simulations.

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@article{arxiv.1702.06773,
  title  = {Dusty turbulence},
  author = {Jérémie Bec and François Laenen and Stefano Musacchio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.06773},
  year   = {2017}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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