Longitudinal laminar flow past arrays of cylinders

Sangkyun Koo, Kwang Ho Song

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    Abstract

    The problem of determining permeability of a longitudinal laminar flow parallel to the axes of cylinders is examined in detail for square and hexagonal arrays of cylinders. A multipole expansion method is employed to determine fluid velocity. The numerical results for the permeability are compared with those obtained by a cell theory and an asymptotic analysis. The cell theory agrees well with the numerical results for hexagonal arrays. The asymptotic analysis also shows good agreement with the numerical results for square and hexagonal arrays. Finally, we present formulas for determining the permeability for the periodic arrays of cylinders.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)624-630
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
    Volume11
    Issue number4
    Publication statusPublished - 2005 Jul

    Keywords

    • Asymptotic analysis
    • Cell theory
    • Multipole expansion method
    • Permeability
    • Square and hexagonal arrays

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemical Engineering

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