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The effect of polydispersity in a turbulent channel flow laden with finite-size particles
Walter Fornari, Francesco Picano, Luca Brandt
We study turbulent channel flows of monodisperse and polydisperse suspensions of finite-size spheres by means of Direct Numerical Simulations using an immersed boundary method to a…
Statistics of particle accumulation in spatially developing turbulent boundary layers
Gaetano Sardina, Francesco Picano, Philip Schlatter +2
We present the results of a Direct Numerical Simulation of a particle-laden spatially developing turbulent boundary layer up to Reθ = 2500. Two main features differentiate the beha…
Evaporation of dilute droplets in a turbulent jet: clustering and entrainment effects
Federico Dalla Barba, Francesco Picano
Droplet evaporation in turbulent sprays involves unsteady, multiscale and multiphase processes which make its comprehension and model capabilities still limited. The present work a…
Effects of the finite particle size in turbulent wall-bounded flows of dense suspensions
Pedro Costa, Francesco Picano, Luca Brandt +1
We use interface-resolved simulations to study finite-size effects in turbulent channel flow of neutrally-buoyant spheres. Two cases with particle sizes differing by a factor of 2,…
Curvature effects in turbulent premixed flames of H/Air: a DNS study with reduced chemistry
Gabriele Rocco, Francesco Battista, Francesco Picano +2
Data from a three-dimensional Direct Numerical Simulation of a turbulent premixed Bunsen flame at a low global Lewis number are analyzed to address the effects of the curvature on…
Fractal scaling of turbulent premixed flame fronts: application to LES
Francesco Battista, Guido Troiani, Francesco Picano
The fractal scaling properties of turbulent premixed flame fronts have been investigated and considered for modelling sub-grid scales in the Large-Eddy-Simulation framework. Since…