ERC Starting Grant · 2024
Fragmentation in Turbulence Revisited - Toward a universal theory for turbulent emulsification
Droplets and bubbles are omnipresent in many environmental and industrial applications that involve atomization and emulsification processes, and the ability to control the size of these dispersed elements in turbulent multiphase flows is essential for design and optimization purposes. Despite the importance of the fragmentation of one fluid in another one by turbulent eddies, a universal theory applicable to a majority of the scenarios is still missing. Following the seminal work of Hinze on characterizing the size of the largest stable droplets in turbulence known as Kolmogorov-Hinze theory, I aim to revisit this concept with a novel deterministic approach through theoretical…
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