Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 19 (2013)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2013

Copyright © 2013 Institute of Thermomechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague

 

Chára Z., Vlasák P., Kysela B.
pages 228 - 234, full text

In the present paper non-rotating particle-wall collisions were experimentally investigated. By means of the PIV method a velocity field around falling spheres was analyzed. It was shown that the wake behind the particle which approached a bed in non-normal direction was asymmetrical and after the impact the wake passed the particle only along one side. This non-symmetrical velocity field resulted in additional forces which pushed the particle to an opposite direction than was the direction of the particle motion just after the impact.

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