TUMBLING MOTION OF ELLIPTICAL PARTICLES IN VISCOUS TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLUIDS

Gerald H. Ristow ()
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Gerald H. Ristow: Fachrichtung Theoretische Physik, Universität des Saarlandes Postfach 15 11 50, 66041 Saarbrücken, Germany

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2001, vol. 12, issue 01, 127-139

Abstract: The settling dynamics of spherical and elliptical particles in a viscous Newtonian fluid are investigated numerically using a finite difference technique. The terminal velocity for spherical particles is calculated for different system sizes and the extrapolated value for an infinite system size is compared to the Oseen approximation. Special attention is given to the settling and tumbling motion of elliptical particles where their terminal velocity is compared with the one of the surface equivalent spherical particle.

Keywords: Sedimentation; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Finite Difference Scheme; Navier–Stokes Equation; Elliptical Particles; Granular Materials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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