Abstract
The interaction of moving fluids with particles is still only understood
phenomenologically when the Reynolds number is not vanishing. I will
present three different numerical studies all using the solver
``fluent'' which elucidate this issue from different points of view.
On one hand, I will consider the case of fixed particles, i.e., a porous
medium and present the distribution of channel openings, fluid
velocities and fluxes. These distributions show a scaling law in the
density of particles and for the fluxes follow an unexpected stretched
exponential behavior. The next issue will be filtering, i.e., the
release of massive tracer particles within this fluid. Interestingly, a
critical Stokes number exists below which no particles are captured and
which is characterized by a critical exponent of (1)/(2). Finally, I
will also show data on saltation, i.e., the motion of particles on a
surface which when dragged by the fluid performs jumps. This is the
classical eolian transport mechanism responsible for dune formation. The
empirical relations between flux and wind velocity are reproduced and a
scaling law of the deformed wind profile is presented. (c) 2006 Elsevier
B.V. All rights reserved.
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