Hydrodynamic pair diffusion in isotropic random velocity fields with application to turbulent coagulation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2670-2691

  Brunk, Brett K ^a   Koch, Donald L ^a   Lion, Leonard W ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CALCULATIONS; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBABILITY; STRAIN; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VELOCITY;

DRIFT VELOCITY; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; ISOTROPIC RANDOM FLOW; PARTICLE PARTICLE INTERACTION;

TURBULENT FLOW;

DIFFUSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

COAGULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE MOTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031238868     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869380     Document Type: Article

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