Kinetic Model of a Collisional Admixture in Dusty Gas and its Application to Calculating Flow Past Bodies

Abstract

Using the methods of statistical physics, the basic kinetic equation describing the dynamics of a polydisperse admixture of solid particles in a dilute dusty-gas flow is derived. Particle rotation, inelastic collisions, and interaction with the carrier gas are taken into account. The basic kinetic equation is used to obtain a Boltzmann-type equation for the one-particle distribution function, for which the boundary conditions for the problem of dusty-gas flow past a body are formulated. On the basis of the kinetic model developed, using direct statistical modeling, the flow patterns and the fields of the dispersed-phase macroparameters in a uniform crosswise dusty-gas flow past a cylinder are obtained for various free-stream particle sizes and concentrations.

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Keywords
Knudsen Number, Particle Volume Fraction, Cylinder Surface, Restitution Coefficient, Magnus Force
Citation
Volkov, A. and Tsirkunov, Y. (2000): Kinetic Model of a Collisional Admixture in Dusty Gas and its Application to Calculating Flow Past Bodies. Fluid Dynamics, 35(3). DOI: 10.1007/BF02697751