  We present a comparison of different particles' velocity and acceleration
statistics in two paradigmatic turbulent swirling flows: the von K\'arm\'an
flow in a laboratory experiment, and the Taylor-Green flow in direct numerical
simulations. Tracers, as well as inertial particles, are considered. Results
indicate that, in spite of the differences in boundary conditions and forcing
mechanisms, scaling properties and statistical quantities reveal similarities
between both flows, pointing to new methods to calibrate and compare models for
particles dynamics in numerical simulations, as well as to characterize the
dynamics of particles in simulations and experiments.
