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The decay of isotropic turbulence carrying non-spherical finite-size particles

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Lennart Schneiders Open the ORCID record for Lennart Schneiders [Opens in a new window] ,
Konstantin Fröhlich Open the ORCID record for Konstantin Fröhlich [Opens in a new window] ,
Matthias Meinke Open the ORCID record for Matthias Meinke [Opens in a new window]  and
Wolfgang Schröder Open the ORCID record for Wolfgang Schröder [Opens in a new window]
Lennart Schneiders*
Affiliation:
Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany JARA–HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
Konstantin Fröhlich
Affiliation:
Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Matthias Meinke
Affiliation:
Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany JARA–HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
Wolfgang Schröder
Affiliation:
Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany JARA–HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52425, Germany
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†Email address for correspondence: l.schneiders@aia.rwth-aachen.de
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Abstract

Direct particle–fluid simulations of heavy spheres and ellipsoids interacting with decaying isotropic turbulence are conducted. This is the rigorous extension of the spherical particle analysis in Schneiders et al. (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 819, 2017, pp. 188–227) to $O(10^{4})$ non-spherical particles. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this represents the first particle-resolved study on turbulence modulation by non-spherical particles of near-Kolmogorov-scale size. The modulation of the turbulent flow is precisely captured by explicitly resolving the stresses acting on the fluid–particle interfaces. The decay rates of the fluid and particle kinetic energy are found to increase with the particle aspect ratio. This is due to the particle-induced dissipation rate and the direct transfer of kinetic energy, both of which can be substantially larger than for spherical particles depending on the particle orientation. The extra dissipation rate resulting from the translational and rotational particle motion is quantified to detail the impact of the particles on the fluid kinetic energy budget and the influence of the particle shape. It is demonstrated that the previously derived analytical model for the particle-induced dissipation rate of smaller particles is valid for the present cases albeit these involve significant finite-size effects. This generic expression allows us to assess the impact of individual inertial particles on the local energy balance independent of the particle shape and to quantify the share of the rotational particle motion in the kinetic energy budget. To enable the examination of this mechanistic model in particle-resolved simulations, a method is proposed to reconstruct the so-called undisturbed fluid velocity and fluid rotation rate close to a particle. The accuracy and robustness of the scheme are corroborated via a parameter study. The subsequent discussion emphasizes the necessity to account for the orientation-dependent drag and torque in Lagrangian point-particle models, including corrections for finite particle Reynolds numbers, to reproduce the local and global energy balance of the multiphase system.

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Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Particle/fluid flow Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Multiphase flow Turbulent Flows: Isotropic turbulence

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 875 , 25 September 2019 , pp. 520 - 542
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