Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1986
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Rong-Yaw Chen
Second Advisor
Edward Miller
Third Advisor
Jui Sheng Hsieh
Abstract
This study investigated the behavior of charged particles suspended in a laminar steady incompressible flow in a cylindrical tube under the influences of image , inertia , viscous and gravitational forces. A new expression for the image force was obtained by introducing an approximate potential energy function. The velocity profiles employed in the analysis were uniform and parabolic.
The governing equations derived were based on Newton's second law of motion and were solved by a Runge-Kutta numerical method. The results were obtained for different values of Q, a dimensionless inertia-charge parameter. For a value of Q equal to zero the analysis reduces to that of particles under the influence of image force only. It was found that deposition increases with increasing charge on the particles, but it decreases with increasing inertia forces.
Recommended Citation
Chiou, Hsi-Chung, "A closed form image force function for deposition of particles in a cylindrical tube" (1986). Theses. 3299.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3299
