International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol.25, No.1, 15-33, 1999
A computational study of the inertial lift on a sphere in a linear shear flow field
The shear induced inertial migration of a rigid sphere has been studies computationally by simulating the flow around a rigid,sphere with a Fourier finite volume technique. The values of the lift force obtained by flow simulation have been compared with those predicted by asymptotic analyses for rotating and non-rotating spheres.