TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of the boundary integral method to the sedimentation of irregular shaped particles
AU - Huilgol, R. R.
AU - Panizza, M.
AU - Phan-Thien, N.
AU - Zheng, R.
PY - 1995/4
Y1 - 1995/4
N2 - The procedures to calculate the length of a curve and its Hausdorff dimension are described. It is shown that fractal curves generated from straight line segments may be used to generate particles with jagged edges. Such particles may be symmetric or asymmetric. In order to understand the sedimentation rates of such particles, the boundary integral method has been used to determine the drag and torque on them. When the number of jagged edges becomes large, it is found that the drag on the particle is the same as that of an equivalent cylinder.
AB - The procedures to calculate the length of a curve and its Hausdorff dimension are described. It is shown that fractal curves generated from straight line segments may be used to generate particles with jagged edges. Such particles may be symmetric or asymmetric. In order to understand the sedimentation rates of such particles, the boundary integral method has been used to determine the drag and torque on them. When the number of jagged edges becomes large, it is found that the drag on the particle is the same as that of an equivalent cylinder.
KW - Boundary integral method
KW - Irregular shaped particles
KW - Sedimentation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029278325&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0377-0257(94)01295-S
DO - 10.1016/0377-0257(94)01295-S
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0029278325
SN - 0377-0257
VL - 57
SP - 49
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
JF - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
IS - 1
ER -