@inbook{9bffff8d7c014321ac584e6e289b35c1,
title = "Effect of particle inertia in particulate density currents",
abstract = "In this work we address the effect of particle inertia in particulate density currents. First we introduce a novel two-fluid model based on the equilibrium Eulerian approach [6]. The resulting model captures very important physics of two-phase flows, such as preferential concentration and migration of particles down turbulence gradients (turbophoresis), which modify substantially the structure and dynamics of the flow.We solve the mathematical model with a highly accurate spectral code, capturing all the length and time scales of the flow. We present two-dimensional simulations in planar configuration for Grashof Gr = 1.5 × 106. In the simulation results we observe the particles to migrate from the core of Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices shed from the front of the current and to accumulate in the current head, which affects the propagation speed of the front.",
keywords = "Density currents, Equilibrium eulerian model, Gravity currents, Spectral methods, Two-fluid model, Two-phase flow",
author = "Cantero, {Mariano I.} and S. Balachandar and Garc{\'i}a, {Marcelo H.} and Ferry, {James P.}",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1007/1-4020-4977-3_38",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781402049767",
series = "Fluid Mechanics and its Applications",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
pages = "393--402",
booktitle = "IUTAM Symposium on Computational Approaches to Multiphase Flow",
}