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Fung 1993
Fung, J.C.H. (1993). Gravitational settling of particles and bubbles in homogeneous turbulence. Journal of Geophysical Research 98: doi: 10.1029/93JC01845. issn: 0148-0227.

I investigate whether, in general, the average settling velocity of a small particle/bubble subject to a square drag force in homogeneous, stationary turbulence with a Kolmogorov spectrum differs from that in still fluid and, in particular, the role played by the structures of the flow field. I study particle or bubble trajectories in a simple flow structure. Statistics have been computed for the motion of small particles/bubbles settling under gravity with a Gaussian random velocity generated by Fourier modes. As a main result it is shown that homogeneous turbulence does cause a net decrease of settling velocity in the case VT/u'~O(1). ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Oceanography, Physical, Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes, Oceanography, General, Numerical modeling, Oceanography, Physical, Eddies and mesoscale processes, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Turbulence
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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