On the collision rate of small particles in isotropic turbulence. I. Zero-inertia case

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 266-276

  Wang, Lian Ping ^a   Wexler, Anthony S ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; PARTICLE; TURBULENT FLOW;

COLLISIONS; ISOTROPIC; PARTICLE MOTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0031837943     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869565     Document Type: Article

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