Particle collision rate in fluid flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1028-1030

  Hu, Kevin C ^a   Mei, Renwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 8344280076     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869622     Document Type: Article

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