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The spatial distribution of spheres falling in a viscous liquid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

T. N. Smith
T. N. Smith
Affiliation:
Institut für Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik, Technische Hochschule. Karlsruhe
Present address: Chemical Engineering Department, The University of Adelaide.
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Abstract

The spatial distribution of uniformly sized spheres falling in a viscous liquid is investigated experimentally for a solid volume fraction of 0·025 and a single sphere Reynolds number of 0·6. The observed spatial distribution agrees closely with a random distribution based on allocation of spheres to space cells according to a binomial probability mechanism.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , 9 April 1968 , pp. 203 - 207
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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