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Numerical Results
Particle / Vortex Plot
The background is a plot of the vorticity. It is the Z component of the curl of the velocity field. Red stands for positive value (counter-clockwise rotation) and blue stands for a negative value (clockwise rotation). The particles are not plotted in accordance with their actual diameter, but rather a constant of 0.3 for better visual purposes.
From the results below, we can observe maximum coupling between the particles and the vortices at stokes = 1. We can observe particles being trapped in the vortices at stokes = 0 condition and ballistic motion of particles at stokes = 100. The results for stokes = 0.2 and stokes = 5 tend to be more intermediate and less apparent.
Stokes\Time | t = 0.5(s) | t = 20(s) | t = 40(s) | t = 60(s) | t = 80(s) | ||||
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Stokes\Time(s) | 0.5 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | ||||
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Video of Particle Motion for Stokes = 1 Particles
The video below shows the particle motion of the stokes = 1 particles. Maximum coupling between the fluid vortices and the particles can be observed.
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