A Lattice-Boltzmann simulation study of the drag coefficient of clusters of spheres

Beetstra, R. and Hoef van der, M.A. and Kuipers, J.A.M. (2006) A Lattice-Boltzmann simulation study of the drag coefficient of clusters of spheres. Computers & Fluids, 35 (8-9). pp. 966-970. ISSN 0045-7930

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Abstract:	Drag coefficients of irregularly shaped particles, constructed from spheres, were measured in lattice-Boltzmann simulations and compared to literature data. The agreement is very well. The distance between the spheres was increased to study the influence of inter-particle distance on the drag force in clusters. The drag coefficient of the clusters was found to increase with inter-particle distance. The drag force on an individual particle in a cluster is lower when that particle is shielded from the flow by other particles.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2005 Elsevier Ltd
Research Group:	Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering (FAP)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/54575
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2005.03.009
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