Measurements and prediction of terminal velocity of solid spheres falling through stagnant pseudoplastic liquids

Powder Technology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 117-125

  Kelessidis, V C ^a   Mpandelis, G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drilling cuttings transport; Non Newtonian fluid; Power law; Sedimentation; Sphere; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL DRILLING; MINERAL PROCESSING; NON-NEWTONIAN SLURRIES; PSEUDOPLASTIC FLUIDS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRAG; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; SPHERES;

PLASTIC FLOW;

MEASUREMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SOLID; VELOCITY;

EID: 4644342669     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2004.09.034     Document Type: Article

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