The orientations of prolate ellipsoids in linear shear flows

DOI10.1017/JFM.2011.385zbMath1241.76131OpenAlexW2162278827MaRDI QIDQ2893823

Ehud Gavze, Alexander Khain, Mark Pinsky

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2011.385

zbMATH Keywords

Stokesian dynamicsparticle/fluid flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Suspensions (76T20)

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