Search Results - "Soldati, Alfredo"
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Anisotropic Particles in Turbulence
Published in Annual review of fluid mechanics (03-01-2017)“…Anisotropic particles are common in many industrial and natural turbulent flows. When these particles are small and neutrally buoyant, they follow Lagrangian…”
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Short-range exposure to airborne virus transmission and current guidelines
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-09-2021)“…After the Spanish flu pandemic, it was apparent that airborne transmission was crucial to spreading virus contagion, and research responded by producing…”
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Deformation of clean and surfactant-laden droplets in shear flow
Published in Meccanica (Milan) (01-02-2020)“…In this work we study the deformation of clean and surfactant-laden droplets in laminar shear-flow. The simulations are based on Direct Numerical Simulation of…”
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Sediment transport in steady turbulent boundary layers: Potentials, limitations, and perspectives for Lagrangian tracking in DNS and LES
Published in Advances in water resources (01-11-2012)“…► Applicability of EL point-particle approach to sediment transport in turbulent boundary layer. ► Simulations with turbulence and sediment dynamics based on…”
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Unified framework for a side-by-side comparison of different multicomponent algorithms: Lattice Boltzmann vs. phase field model
Published in Journal of computational physics (01-02-2013)“…Lattice Boltzmann models (LBM) and phase field models (PFM) are two of the most widespread approaches for the numerical study of multicomponent fluid systems…”
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Artificial neural network approach to flood forecasting in the River Arno
Published in Hydrological sciences journal (01-06-2003)“…The basin of the River Arno is a flood-prone area where flooding events have caused damage valued at more than 100 billion euro in the last 40 years. At…”
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Direct numerical simulation of turbulent heat transfer modulation in micro-dispersed channel flow
Published in Acta mechanica (2008)“…Summary The objective of this paper is to study the influence of dispersed micrometer size particles on turbulent heat transfer mechanisms in wall-bounded…”
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Appraisal of three-dimensional numerical simulation for sub-micron particle deposition in a micro-porous ceramic filter
Published in Chemical engineering science (01-12-2005)“…A computational, three-dimensional approach to investigate the behavior of diesel soot particles in the micro-channels of a wall-flow, porous-ceramic…”
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ON THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS AND TURBULENCE ON AEROSOL TRANSPORT AND COLLECTION IN WIRE-PLATE ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
Published in Journal of aerosol science (01-03-2000)“…Predicting transport of aerosols or particles in wire-plate electrostatic precipitators is complicated by the influence of EHD flows and turbulent flow field…”
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Direct numerical simulation of turbulent particle dispersion in an unbaffled stirred-tank reactor
Published in Chemical engineering science (01-05-2006)“…Turbulent dispersion of inertial particles in a flat-bottom stirred-tank reactor equipped with an eight-blade Rushton impeller is investigated using accurate…”
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Direct numerical simulation of particle wall transfer and deposition in upward turbulent pipe flow
Published in International journal of multiphase flow (01-06-2003)“…Transfer and deposition of inertial particles or droplets in turbulent pipe flow are crucial processes in a number of industrial and environmental…”
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Physics and modelling of turbulent particle deposition and entrainment: Review of a systematic study
Published in International journal of multiphase flow (01-09-2009)“…Deposition and entrainment of particles in turbulent flows are crucial in a number of technological applications and environmental processes. We present a…”
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Coalescence of surfactant-laden drops by Phase Field Method
Published in Journal of computational physics (01-01-2019)“…In this work, we propose and test the validity of a modified Phase Field Method (PFM), which is specifically developed for large scale simulations of turbulent…”
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Time persistence of floating-particle clusters in free-surface turbulence
Published in Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics (05-09-2013)“…We study the dispersion of light particles floating on a flat shear-free surface of an open channel in which the flow is turbulent. This configuration mimics…”
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Editorial: Multiphase flow community must have a role in predicting host-to-host airborne contagion
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Turbulent breakage of ductile aggregates
Published in Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics (01-05-2015)“…In this paper we study breakage rate statistics of small colloidal aggregates in nonhomogeneous anisotropic turbulence. We use pseudospectral direct numerical…”
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Mass-conservation-improved phase field methods for turbulent multiphase flow simulation
Published in Acta mechanica (01-02-2019)“…The phase field method has emerged as a powerful tool for the simulation of multiphase flow. The method has great potential for further developments and…”
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Morphodynamics of melting ice over turbulent warm water streams
Published in International journal of multiphase flow (01-12-2024)“…We investigate the morphodynamics of an ice layer over a turbulent stream of warm water using numerical simulations. At low water speeds, characteristic…”
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Scaling of turbulence-forced capillary waves
Published in International journal of multiphase flow (01-11-2024)“…We simulate the propagation of capillary waves at the interface between two liquid layers of equal density, viscosity and thickness, which flow in stratified…”
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Rotation statistics of fibers in wall shear turbulence
Published in Acta mechanica (01-10-2013)“…In this paper, the rotation of rigid fibers is investigated for the reference case of turbulent channel flow. The aim of the study is to examine the effect of…”
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