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Turbulence Enhancement in Kinetic Coagulation Equations – Andrea Papini (Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa)

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Aula Seminari

Abstract

A Smoluchowski type model of coagulation in a turbulent fluid is given, heuristically expressed by means of a stochastic model of a system of second-order (microscopic) coagulating particles, then in a suitable scaling limit as a deterministic model with enhanced diffusion in the velocity component. Existence, uniqueness and regularity is proven under different initial conditions in suitable weighted spaces for the spatially-homogeneous PDE. A precise link between mean intensity of the turbulent velocity field and coagulation enhancement is obtained by numerical simulations.

Based on joint works with Franco Flandoli and Ruojun Huang.

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