The spatial distribution of spheres falling in a viscous liquid
- 9 April 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 32 (1), 203-207
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112068000662
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.Keywords
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