The collision rate of small drops in linear flow fields

DOI10.1017/S0022112094000790zbMath0834.76088OpenAlexW1987782506MaRDI QIDQ4304662

Robert H. Davis, Hua Wang, Alexander Z. Zinchenko

Publication date: 30 August 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112094000790

zbMATH Keywords

hydrodynamic interactiontrajectory analysiscollision efficiencyisothermal conditionsdilute dispersionpairwise drop interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99)

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