A numerical investigation of the detachment of the trailing particle from a chain sedimenting in newtonian and viscoelastic fluids

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 517-521

  Patankar, N A ^a   Hu, H H ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0346940346     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1287269     Document Type: Article

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