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The drag on a sparse random array of fixed spheres in flow at small but finite Reynolds number

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

Yukio Kaneda
Yukio Kaneda
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
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Abstract

The drag on a sphere in a random array of fixed spheres of volume concentration c ([Lt ] 1) at Reynolds number R ([Lt ] 1) is discussed. In the case when c and R2 are of the same order of magnitude, the drag is determined up to terms of O(R).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 167 , June 1986 , pp. 455 - 463
Copyright
© 1986 Cambridge University Press

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