Drag and Torque on Clusters of N Arbitrary Spheres at Low Reynolds Number

• Published in: Journal of colloid and interface science Vol. 229; no. 1; pp. 184 - 195
• Main Author: Filippov, A.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.09.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: aggregated particles; Chemistry; Colloidal state and disperse state; Exact sciences and technology; General and physical chemistry; mobility radius; multipole expansion; Physical and chemical studies. Granulometry. Electrokinetic phenomena; slip regime; Stokes flow; slip regime; mobility radius; multipole expansion; aggregated particles; Stokes flow; Slip flow; Particle; Viscous fluid; Theoretical study; Hydrodynamics; Spherical particle; Particle suspension; Aggregate

Hydrodynamics of particle clusters suspended in viscous fluids is a subject of considerable theoretical and practical importance. Using a multipole expansion of the flow velocity in a series of spherical harmonics, Lamb's fundamental solution of the Stokes flow outside a single sphere is genera...