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Axial Migration of Particles in Poiseuille Flow

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WE have extended recent observations of the radial movements of single rigid1,2 and deformable3 spheres suspended in Newtonian liquids flowing through straight circular tubes to include other particle shapes and visco-elastic fluids.

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KARNIS, A., GOLDSMITH, H. & MASON, S. Axial Migration of Particles in Poiseuille Flow. Nature 200, 159–160 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200159a0

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