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  Microbubbles and microparticles are not faithful tracers of turbulent acceleration.

Mathai, V., Calzavarini, E., Brons, J., Sun, C., & Lohse, D. (2016). Microbubbles and microparticles are not faithful tracers of turbulent acceleration. Physical Review Letters, 117(2): 024501. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.024501.

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Mathai, V., Author
Calzavarini, E., Author
Brons, J., Author
Sun, C., Author
Lohse, Detlef1, Author           
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1Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Max Planck Society, ou_2063285              

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 Abstract: We report on the Lagrangian statistics of acceleration of small (sub-Kolmogorov) bubbles and tracer particles with Stokes number St << 1 in turbulent flow. At a decreasing Reynolds number, the bubble accelerations show deviations from that of tracer particles; i.e., they deviate from the Heisenberg-Yaglom prediction and show a quicker decorrelation despite their small size and minute St. Using direct numerical simulations, we show that these effects arise due the drift of these particles through the turbulent flow. We theoretically predict this gravity-driven effect for developed isotropic turbulence, with the ratio of Stokes to Froude number or equivalently the particle drift velocity governing the enhancement of acceleration variance and the reductions in correlation time and intermittency. Our predictions are in good agreement with experimental and numerical results. The present findings are relevant to a range of scenarios encompassing tiny bubbles and droplets that drift through the turbulent oceans and the atmosphere. They also question the common usage of microbubbles and microdroplets as tracers in turbulence research.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2016-07-082016-07-08
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.024501
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Pages: 6 Volume / Issue: 117 (2) Sequence Number: 024501 Start / End Page: - Identifier: -