A numerical study of the dynamics of a particle settling at moderate Reynolds numbers in a linearly stratified fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 750, Issue , 2014, Pages 5-32

  Doostmohammadi, A ^a   Dabiri, S ^a,b   Ardekani, A M ^a,b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

particle fluid flows; stratified flows

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

DIRECTION OF MOTION; FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATION; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; SETTLING PARTICLES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TRANSIENT SETTLING;

VELOCITY;

FLOW MODELING; FROUDE NUMBER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SETTLING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SETTLING VELOCITY; STRATIFIED FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84901759759     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.243     Document Type: Article

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