 A Simplified Two-Fluid Model Based on Equilibrium Closure for a Dilute Dispersion of Small ParticlesS. Balachandar ()
Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-28 Abstract: Two-fluid formalisms that fully account for all complex inter-phase interactions have been developed based on a rigorous ensemble-averaging procedure. Here, we apply equilibrium approximation to particle velocity to simplify two-phase flow equations for the case of a dilute dispersion of particles much smaller than the flow scales. First, we extend an earlier approach to consider the rotational motion of the particles and seek an equilibrium approximation for the angular velocity of the particulate phase. The resulting explicit knowledge of the particulate phase translational and rotational velocities in terms of fluid velocity eliminates the need to consider the momentum equations for the particulate phase. The equilibrium approximations also provide precise scaling for various terms in the governing equations of the two-fluid model, based on which a simplified set of equations is obtained here. Three different regimes based on the relative strength of gravitational settling are identified, and the actual form of the simplified two-phase flow equations depends on the regime. We present two simple examples illustrating the use of the simplified two-fluid formalism. Keywords: equilibrium Eulerian approximation; particle-laden flows; two-phase model (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:22:p:3543-:d:1519767 Access Statistics for this article Mathematics is currently edited by Ms. Emma He More articles in Mathematics from MDPI |
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