A review on gyrotactic swimmers in turbulent flows

J Qiu, C Marchioli, L Zhao - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2022 - Springer
Many marine plankton species are motile and perform daily vertical migrations, traveling
across water columns over distances of tens of meters. It is intriguing that these tiny and slow …

Full rotational dynamics of plastic microfibers in turbulence

V Giurgiu, GCA Caridi, M De Paoli, A Soldati - Physical review letters, 2024 - APS
The motion, settling, and dispersion of microplastics in the ocean are determined by their
rotational dynamics. We present experiments on elongated, large aspect ratio, and mildly …

Alignment of inertialess spheroidal particles in flow-structure-dominated regions of turbulent channel flow: shape effect

Z Cui, L Zhao - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2024 - Springer
The alignment of elongated fibers and thin disks is known to be significantly influenced by
the presence of fluid coherent structures in near-wall turbulence (Cui et al. 2021). However …

Interface-resolved direct numerical simulations of the interactions between spheroidal particles and upward vertical turbulent channel flows

C Zhu, Z Yu, D Pan, X Shao - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
The interactions between finite-size spheroidal particles and upward turbulent flows in a
vertical channel are numerically simulated with a direct-forcing fictitious domain method at …

Long non-axisymmetric fibres in turbulent channel flow

M Alipour, M De Paoli, S Ghaemi… - Journal of Fluid …, 2021 - cambridge.org
In this work, we investigate the dynamics of long non-axisymmetric fibres in turbulent
channel flow. The experimental facility is the TU Wien Turbulent Water Channel, consisting …

Orientation of inertialess spheroidal particles in turbulent channel flow with spanwise rotation

D Chen, Z Cui, W Yuan, L Zhao… - Journal of Fluid …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The orientation dynamics of inertialess prolate and oblate spheroidal particles in a directly
simulated spanwise-rotating turbulent channel flow has been investigated by means of an …

Alignment of slender fibers and thin disks induced by coherent structures of wall turbulence

Z Cui, WX Huang, CX Xu, HI Andersson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The angular dynamics of small rigid fibers and disks in turbulent channel flow has been
investigated numerically, focusing on interactions between particles and near-wall coherent …

Map** spheroid rotation modes in turbulent channel flow: effects of shear, turbulence and particle inertia

L Zhao, NR Challabotla, HI Andersson… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The rotational behaviour of non-spherical particles in turbulent channel flow is studied by
Lagrangian tracking of spheroidal point particles in a directly simulated flow. The focus is on …

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of resolved oblate spheroids in wall turbulence

A Eshghinejadfard, L Zhao, D Thévenin - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
The present study focuses on the behaviour of fully resolved oblate spheroids in turbulent
channel flows using the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM). Mean and maximum drag …

Effect of fluid inertial torque on the rotational and orientational dynamics of tiny spheroidal particles in turbulent channel flow

Z Cui, J Qiu, X Jiang, L Zhao - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Rotation and orientation of non-spherical particles in a fluid flow depend on the
hydrodynamic torque they experience. However, little is known about the effect of the fluid …