Gravity-induced coalescence of drops at arbitrary Péclet numbers

DOI10.1017/S0022112094002879MaRDI QIDQ4835879zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Robert H. Davis, Alexander Z. Zinchenko

Publication date 22 November 1995

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

zbMATH Keywords

Brownian motionanalytical continuationconvection-diffusion problemspower seriesconformal mappingdilute suspensioncollision efficiencybinary interactionscomplex Péclet numbersparabolization of Fokker-Planck equationquasi-steady Fokker-Planck equationvan der Waals attraction force

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Diffusion and convection (76R99) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

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Cites work

• Calculation of hydrodynamic interaction between drops at low Reynolds numbers
• Calculation of the effectiveness of gravitational coagulation of drops with allowance for internal circulation
• Heat and Mass Transfer from Single Spheres in Stokes Flow
• On the low reynolds number motion of two droplets
• The lubrication force between two viscous drops
• The slow asymmetric motion of two drops in a viscous medium

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• The effect of weak gravitational force on Brownian coagulation of small particles
• Collision efficiency of like-charged spheres settling in a quiescent environment
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• The coalescence of two equal-sized drops in a two-dimensional linear flow
• Collision rates of spherical drops or particles in a shear flow at arbitrary Péclet numbers
• Gap in drop collision rate between diffusive and inertial regimes explains the stability of fogs and non-precipitating clouds

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