Abstract
Two parameters of particle or droplet dynamics which are of importance in describing their behaviour in turbulent pipe flows are their settling velocity and eddy diffusivity. It is usually assumed that the settling velocity in turbulent flow is equal to that in still fluid and on the basis of this assumption the eddy diffusivity is usually determined experimentally from the distribution of droplets or particles in horizontal turbulent flow. Since the settling velocity has a strong influence on the resultant value of the eddy diffusivity, the influence of turbulence on settling velocity is investigated in this work. A simple stochastic model of settling in turbulent flow is developed and it is shown that a considerable retardation of still fluid settling velocity is possible for a wide range of conditions.
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