A numerical study of the sedimentation of fibre suspensions

DOI10.1017/S0022112098002663zbMath0937.76068OpenAlexW2073218202WikidataQ129992808 ScholiaQ129992808MaRDI QIDQ4243866

Eric S. G. Shaqfeh, Michael B. MacKaplow

Publication date: 20 September 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112098002663

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationslow Reynolds numberdynamic simulationsinterparticle hydrodynamic interactionspoint-particle interactionssedimentation of fibre suspensionsslender-body theory approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Finite difference methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M20) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Suspensions (76T20)

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