Droplet condensation in turbulent flows

Creators: Celani, Antonio; Falkovich, Gregory; Mazzino, Andrea; Seminara, Agnese

Others:: Institut Non Linéaire de Nice Sophia-Antipolis (INLN) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Physics of Complex systems ; Weizmann Institute of Science [Rehovot, Israël]; Dipartimento di Fisica ; Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe); Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) ; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)

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The problem of droplet growth by condensation in a turbulent flow of nearly saturated vapour is addressed theoretically and numerically. We show how the presence of an underlying turbulent velocity field induces a correlation between droplet trajectories and supersaturation. This leads both to enhancement of the droplet growth rate to a fast spreading of the droplet size distribution.

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Droplet condensation in turbulent flows

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