Numerical simulations of a sphere settling through a suspension of neutrally buoyant fibres

DOI10.1017/S0022112099004929zbMath0962.76095WikidataQ58421348 ScholiaQ58421348MaRDI QIDQ4933840

Donald L. Koch, R. R. Sundararajakumar, Oliver G. Harlen

Publication date: 29 May 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112099004929

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solution; suspension; drag coefficient; numerical simulation; fibre-fibre contact forces; neutrally buoyant fibres; non-Brownian fibres

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76M45: Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics

76T20: Suspensions

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