On the sedimentation of a sphere in a centrifuge

DOI10.1017/S0022112075000778zbMath0308.76024OpenAlexW2008015186MaRDI QIDQ4066764

Francis Bretherton, Stephen H. Davis, Isom H. Herron

Publication date: 1975

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112075000778

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

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Cites Work

• Centrifuge Analysis—Effects on Sedimentation Coefficients of Angular Velocity Lag, of Deviations From Stokes’ Law of Drag, and of Acceleration Effects
• Thermodynamics of irreversible processes in rotating systems

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