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We develop a new numerical method for thin plates falling in inviscid fluid that allows for leading-edge vortex shedding. The inclusion of leading-edge shedding restores physical dynamics to vortex-sheet models of falling bodies, and for…
Tom et al.\ (J.\ Fluid Mech.\ 947, A7, 2022) investigated the impact of two-way coupling (2WC) on particle settling in turbulence. For the limited parameter choices explored, it was found that 2WC substantially enhances particle settling…