Heavy and light inertial particle aggregates in homogeneous isotropic turbulence: A study on breakup and stress statistics

Graziano Frungieri, Matthaus U. Baebler, Luca Biferale +1

The breakup of inertial, solid aggregates in an incompressible, homogeneous and isotropic three-dimensional turbulent flow is studied by means of a direct numerical simulation, and…