Comparison of formulas for drag coefficient and settling velocity of spherical particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-398

  Cheng, Nian Sheng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drag coefficient; Reynolds number; Settling velocity; Sphere

Indexed keywords

SETTLING VELOCITY; SPHERE;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES; VELOCITY;

DRAG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRAG COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; GRAVITY; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWDER; VELOCITY;

EID: 58549116686     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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