The hike of hydraulic fracturing in North America and beyond leads to significantly enhanced
hydrocarbon production especially in low-permeability geological formations. Proppant …

This review article, dedicated to the bicentenary celebration of Sir George Gabriel Stokes'
birthday, presents the state-of-the-science of terminal fall velocity, highlighting his rich …

The terminal velocity of cloud and precipitation size drops has been analyzed for three
physically distinct flow regimes: 1) slip flow about a water drop treated as rigid sphere at …

Based on boundary layer theory and a comparison of empirical power laws relating the
Reynolds and Best numbers, it was apparent that the primary variables governing a …

Particle motion and particle collisions play an important role in the performance of many
industrial processes involving suspension flow. For instance, in industrial crystallization …

A new and efficient direct numerical method for the simulation of particulate flows is
introduced. The method combines desired elements of the immersed boundary method, the …

The published correlations for the drag force on a sphere moving in a fluid have been
critically examined and their limitations have been identified. A series of new correlations …

A versatile numerical method is presented to predict the fluid–structure interaction of bodies
with arbitrary thickness immersed in an incompressible fluid, with the aim of simulating …

Particulate flow has a wide range of industrial applications and is frequently modeled with
coupled CFD–DEM approaches. Herein, we first identified a simulation gap between the …

A comprehensive yet simple formula is presented for the terminal fall velocity of solid
precipitation particles. It depends on three particle parameters: mass, the mean …