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Terminal Fall Velocity of a Single Spherical Particle in a Newtonian Fluid

17 Dec 2006 (Updated 17 Dec 2007)

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Computes terminal fall velocity

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Description	Newton number (also called the drag coefficient) and Archimedes number are plotted versus the Reynolds number for the laminar, transition and turbulent flow types using a log-log scale. A numerical example of the terminal fall velocity computation of a single spherical particle in a Newtonian fluid, for the turbulent flow type, is given in the program. For laminar flow, the terminal velocity expression is given by the well-known Stokes? law. Measurement of terminal fall velocity has important applications such as viscosity determination (e.g. falling-sphere viscometer) and decanter sizing. For a similar code using Mathematica 5.2, please visit: http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/5969/
MATLAB release	MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1)
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Other Files	TVF/equation.m, TVF/NEARvsRe.gif, TVF/Newton.m, TVF/TFV.m, TVF/tfvfunct.m

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13 Dec 2007	Brad Thomson	Programs need more comments

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chemistry	Housam Binous	22 Oct 2008 08:53:02
drag coefficient	Housam Binous	22 Oct 2008 08:53:03
reynolds number	Housam Binous	22 Oct 2008 08:53:03
physics	Housam Binous	22 Oct 2008 08:53:03
newtons number	Housam Binous	22 Oct 2008 08:53:03
archimedes number	Housam Binous	22 Oct 2008 08:53:03

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