Single curved fiber sedimentation under gravity

Xiaoying Rong; Dewei Qi; Junyong Zhu

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Single curved fiber sedimentation under gravity

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Authors:

Xiaoying Rong, Dewei Qi, Junyong Zhu

Year:

2005

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Proceedings of the 2005 TAPPI Practical Papermaking Conference : 2005 May 22-26, Milwaukee, WI. Atlanta, GA : TAPPI Press, 2005: [17] pages.

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Abstract

Dynamics of single curved fiber sedimentation under the gravity are simulated by using lattice Boltzmann method. The results of migration and rotation of the curved fiber at different Reynolds numbers are reported. The results show that the rotation and migration processes are sensitive to the curvature of the fiber.

Keywords

Reynolds number, flocculation, papermaking, particles, dispersion, curvature, particle shape, fiber curvature, sedimentation analysis, flexibility, Boltzmann method, fiber properties

Citation

Rong, Xiaoying; Qi, Dewei; Zhu, Junyong, Scott, C. Tim. 2005. Single curved fiber sedimentation under gravity. Proceedings of the 2005 TAPPI Practical Papermaking Conference : 2005 May 22-26, Milwaukee, WI. Atlanta, GA : TAPPI Press, 2005: [17] pages.