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Experiments on the pressure drop created by a sphere settling in a viscous liquid. Part 2. Reynolds numbers from 0·2 to 21,000

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

Guili A. Feldman  and
Howard Brenner
Guili A. Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, New York University
Howard Brenner
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, New York University
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Abstract

The pressure drop ΔP created by the motion of a ‘small’ spherical particle settling along the axis of a large-diameter circular cylinder filled with a quiescent liquid was measured in the particle Reynolds number range (based on diameter) from Re = 0·2 to 21,000. For Re < 125 it was found that ΔPA/D = 2·0 (A = cylinder cross-sectional area; D = particle drag), in agreement with existing theory in the Stokes and Oseen regimes. Beyond Re = 125 a fairly abrupt transition occurs, the ΔPA/D ratio decreasing asymptotically towards 1·0, the limiting value predicted by elementary momentum principles for an ‘unbounded’ fluid, with increasing Re. At Re ≈ 6000 the transition is essentially complete.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , 18 June 1968 , pp. 705 - 720
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© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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