About Choice of Particle Parameters for Vizualization and Diagnostics of Free Consentrated Air Vortices

The problem of the choice of parameters (density, size) of particle inertia for visualization and diagnostics of free vortices of various intensities (characteristic velocity, vortex funnel diameter) is considered. The dimensionless criterion (Stokes number) is used, which determines the peculiarities of solid particles behavior in concentrated vortex structures. An example of the choice of particle parameters for visualization of a laboratory-simulated air vortex funnel and debris cloud is described.