Multiphase Science and Technology A Quarterly

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2003, Volume15

Issue 1-4

404 pages

DOI: 10.1615/MultScienTechn.v15.i1-4

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S. Balachandar
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

This contribution explores the nature and prediction of the forces on dispersed phase elements (particles, bubbles, droplets) in dispersed two-phase flows. The difficulties in parameterization of the force on a sphere embedded in a shear or straining flow at finite Reynolds number are illustrated by considering several examples (contaminated bubble in a vortex, particle moving at an angle through a straining ambient flow, particle moving freely in a shear flow). The challenges in prediction of the respective forces are reviewed and the significance of temporal acceleration and spatial variation in the flow explored.

DOI: 10.1615/MultScienTechn.v15.i1-4.130 Download article, 157-171 pages

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