Particle-Laden Flow From Geophysical to Kolmogorov Scales [Paperback]

This book contains a selection of the papers that were presented at the EUROMECH colloquium on particle-laden flow held at the University of Twente in 2006. The multiscale nature of this challenging field motivated the calling of the colloquium and reflects the central importance that the dispersion of particles in a flow has in various geophysical and environmental problems. The spreading of aerosols and soot in the air, the growth and dispersion of plankton blooms in seas and oceans, or the transport of sediment in rivers, estuaries and coastal regions are striking examples.

Part I Dispersion in environmental flows; Sand motion induced by oscillatory flows: sheet flow and vortex ripples, by Jan S. Ribberink, Jebbe J. van der Werf, Tom ODonoghue; Sediment transport, ripple dynamics and object burial under shoaling waves, by S.I.Voropayev, F.Y.Testik, H.J.S.Fernando, S. Balasubramanian; On the influence of suspended sediment transport on the generation of offshore sand waves, by Fenneke van der Meer, Suzanne J.M.H. Hulscher, Joris van den Berg; Sediment transport by coherent structures in a turbulent open channel flow experiment, by W.A. Breugem, W.S.J. Uijttewaal; Transport and mixing in the stratosphere: the role of Lagrangian studies, by Bernard Legras, Francesco dOvidio; Numerical modeling of heat and water vapor transport through the interfacial boundary layer into a turbulent atmosphere, by A.S.M. Gieske; Stromatactic patterns formation in geological sediments: field observations versus experiments, by Jindrich Hladil, Marek Ruzicka; Part II Lagrangian statistics, simulation and experiments of turbulent dispersion; Anomalous diffusion in rotating stratified turbulence, by Yoshi Kimura, Jackson R. Herring; Geometry and statistics in homogeneous isotropic turbulence, by Aurore Naso, Alain Pumir; Refined vorticity statistics of decaying rotating threedimensional turbulence, by L.J.A. van Bokhoven, C. Cambon, L. Liechtenstein, F.S. Godeferd, H.lSW