A lattice-Boltzmann simulation study of the drag coefficient of clusters of spheres

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 35, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 966-970

  Beetstra, R ^a   van der Hoef, M A ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPHERES;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; DRAG FORCE; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION;

DRAG;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPHERES;

EID: 33646797050     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2005.03.009     Document Type: Article

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