Hydrodynamic diffusion of a sphere sedimenting through a dilute suspension of neutrally buoyant spheres

DOI10.1017/S0022112092001514zbMath0747.76049OpenAlexW2098440465MaRDI QIDQ4006845

Robert H. Davis, Nicholas A. Hill

Publication date: 27 September 1992

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112092001514

zbMATH Keywords

hydrodynamic interactionsmean velocitytrajectory analysisvolume integralsvariance of the velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffusion (76R50) Incompressible viscous fluids (76D99)

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