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esults <strong>of</strong> the data to which it was fitted but no other data was<br />

presented. A later paper, Elghobashi et al (1984) , used the<br />

model to simulate a similar jet with different sized particles<br />

and found agreement with experiment to within 8% for the particle<br />

velocity for this similar flow geometry-<br />

3 LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE MODELLING<br />

Berlemont et al (1990) used a second order k-e closure scheme in<br />

a two-fluid simulation. The dispersed phase was tracked in a<br />

Lagrangian trajectory approach, wherein a number <strong>of</strong> trajectories<br />

were simulated in a given turbulence field and then reassembled<br />

statistically to give the particle dispersion rates.<br />

Their main assumption was that the turbulence was homogenous, so<br />

when the model was validated by comparison with grid generated<br />

turbulence and pipe flow the results compared well with<br />

experiment. When particle-laden jet flows were predicted and<br />

compared with experiments the errors were <strong>of</strong> order 200% in some<br />

areas <strong>of</strong> the flow. While fluid RMS velocities agreed well a wide<br />

disparity existed between experimental and calculated particle<br />

velocities.<br />

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