Fluid Dynamics

, Volume 33, Issue 4, pp 573–579 | Cite as

Spherical particle sedimentation along an inclined plane at small reynolds numbers

  • A. N. Prokunin
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Abstract

At small Reynolds numbers, the gravity-driven motion of a solid spherical particle along an inclined plane in a Newtonian liquid initially at rest was studied experimentally. A comparison of the experiment with the calculations showed that motions both with and without particle-plane contact may occur. The latter cannot be explained within the Stokes approximation.

Keywords

Spherical Particle Incline Plane Newtonian Liquid Small Reynolds Number Lead Particle 
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