Clustering of heavy particles in vortical flows: a selective review

DOI10.1007/s12046-017-0621-0zbMath1381.76064OpenAlexW2606806841MaRDI QIDQ1703390

P. Deepu, S. Ravichandran, Rama Govindarajan

Publication date: 2 March 2018

Published in: Sādhanā (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/sadh/042/04/0597-0605

zbMATH Keywords

inertial particlesparticle collisionspreferential clusteringsling causticsvortical flowswarm rain initiation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Turbulence (76Fxx) Suspensions (76T20) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02) Viscous vortex flows (76D17)

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