ELABORATION OF HOCKING'S HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY,

Abstract

As a step towards a definitive solution of the collision efficiency problem of two spheres falling in a viscous medium, L. M. Hocking's unpublished Ph.D. thesis (University of London, 1958) is examined. The resulting infinite sets of equations that must be solved for the forces on the spheres are found to be correct. This Memorandum shows, however, that Hocking's solution of these equations have large errors if the spheres are close together. A suitable method for solving the equations is developed, as in a procedure for accurately determining the errors. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0620896

Entities

People

  • C. L. Olson

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Collisions
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Universities

Readers

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  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)