Study of the rotational diffusivity coefficient of fibres in planar contracting flows with varying turbulence levels

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 894-903

  Hyensjö, Marko ^a,b   Dahlkild, Anders ^b  

^a METSO PAPER INC   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Dispersion; Fibre; Fokker Planck equation; Modelling; Orientation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FAULT DETECTION; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHRINKAGE; TURBULENCE;

(2+1)-DIMENSIONAL; CONSTANT VALUE; D FIBRE; EVOLUTION (CO); FIBRE LENGTH; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION (FPE); KOLMOGOROV TIME; MICRO SCALES; ORIENTATION STATE; PLANAR CONTRACTION; REYNOLDS (CO); ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT (RDC); ROTATIONAL DIFFUSIVITY; TIME SCALING; TURBULENCE LEVELS;

FIBERS;

EID: 47749133811     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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