A cloud of rigid fibres sedimenting in a viscous fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 648, Issue , 2010, Pages 351-362

  Park, Joontaek ^a   Metzger, Bloen ^b   Guazzelli, Elisabeth ^b   Butler, Jason E ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANISOTROPIC PARTICLES; BREAK-UP TIME; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; SECONDARY DROPLETS; SEDIMENTING; SINGLE PARAMETER; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

FIBERS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 77952335857     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009993909     Document Type: Article

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