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The asymptotics of a singularly perturbed problem is constructed. describing the transport of a polydisperse impurity in the atmosphere, taking into account the processes of precipitation and wind pick-up, as well as the processes of…
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We present a collision model for phase-resolved Direct Numerical Simulations of sediment transport that couple the fluid and particles by the Immersed Boundary Method. Typically, a contact model for these types of simulations comprises a…
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