A falling cloud of particles at a small but finite Reynolds number

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 671, Issue , 2011, Pages 34-51

  Pignatel, Florent ^a   Nicolas, Maxime ^a   Guazzelli, Élisabeth ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

breakup coalescence; particle fluid flow; suspensions

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BREAKUP/COALESCENCE; FINITE REYNOLDS NUMBER; INERTIAL REGIMES; MACRO SCALE; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CLOUD DROPLET; COALESCENCE; FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 79952816146     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010005501     Document Type: Article

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