Statistical and probabilistic modeling of a cloud of particles coupled with a turbulent fluid
Résumé
This paper exposes a novel exploratory formalism, which end goal is the numerical simulation
of the dynamics of a cloud of particles weakly or strongly coupled with a turbulent fluid. Given
the large panel of expertise of the list of authors, the content of this paper scans a wide range of connex
notions, from the physics of turbulence to the rigorous definition of stochastic processes. Our approach
is to develop reduced-order models for the dynamics of both carrying and carried phases which remain
consistant within this formalism, and to set up a numerical process to validate these models. The
novelties of this paper lie in the gathering of a large panel of mathematical and physical definitions
and results within a common framework and an agreed vocabulary (sections 1 and 2), and in some
preliminary results and achievements within this context, section 3. While the first three sections have
been simplified to the context of a gas field providing that the disperse phase only retrieves energy
through drag, the fourth section opens this study to the more complex situation when the disperse
phase interacts with the continuous phase as well, in an energy conservative manner. This will allow
us to expose the perspectives of the project and to conclude.