Drag coefficient and settling velocity for particles of cylindrical shape

Powder Technology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-322

  Gabitto, Jorge ^a,b   Tsouris, Costas ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Texas A M University System   (United States)

Author keywords

Cylindrical particles; Drag coefficient; Drag force; Settling velocity; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEPARATION;

CYLINDRICAL PARTICLES; SETTLING VELOCITY; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW OF SOLIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY;

EID: 40749114310     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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