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Chapter 5<br />

Velocity X --Inertia X Lift X -Drag X •X position<br />

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Non-dimens.<br />

force and<br />

distance<br />

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Non-dimentional time<br />

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Velocity Y Inertia Y lift Y -Drag Y •Y position<br />

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force and<br />

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Figure 7h-i. The temporal fluctuations in the magnitude <strong>of</strong> the<br />

forces in the horizontal and vertical directions respectively on<br />

a particle falling along trajectory D in figure 7b. The pressure<br />

and fluid gradient forces pull the particle to the right as it<br />

approaches the core, producing the second peak in figure 7c.

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