Velocity fluctuations of initially stratified sedimenting spheres

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Tee, Shang You ^a   Mucha, P J ^b   Brenner, M P ^c   Weitz, D A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION; VELOCITY;

PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFIED SEDIMENTING SPHERES;

SPHERES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION; SPHERES; VELOCITY;

EID: 36849003853     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2806597     Document Type: Article

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