To use the spreadsheet below, follow the following instructions every time you want to check a settling velocity.
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Enter in the properties of the particle and the fluid in which the particle is moving (normally air). The cells coloured in green.
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Then enter the particle diameter. The cell coloured blue.
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Then check the Reynolds number. The yellow cell.
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If the Reynolds number is less than 0.1 then use the top purple settling velocity value.
- If the Reynolds number is between 0.1 and 1000 then use the middle purple settling velocity value
- If the Reynolds number is between 1000 and 350 000 then use the bottom purple settling velocity value.
- If for some reason the plugin does not load, please download the spreadsheet here. – Click Here for the xls file download.
- Click here for the .zip download.