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

Computes terminal fall velocity
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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.

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Housam Binous (2024). Terminal Fall Velocity of a Single Spherical Particle in a Newtonian Fluid (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/13425-terminal-fall-velocity-of-a-single-spherical-particle-in-a-newtonian-fluid), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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