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Main Author: Lockerby, Duncan A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00111
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author Lockerby, Duncan A.
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contents A new form of the Cunningham correction factor is presented that requires no experimental fitting. It is expanded to provide a predictive heuristic for non-spherical particles, via definition of a "correction tensor''. Its accuracy is tested against experiments and kinetic theory for the sphere, and stochastic solutions to the Boltzmann equation for a range of spheroids. It represents a simple, general tool for approximating transport properties of non-spherical micro/nano particles in a gas.
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spellingShingle A correction tensor for approximating drag on slow-moving particles of arbitrary shape
Lockerby, Duncan A.
Soft Condensed Matter
A new form of the Cunningham correction factor is presented that requires no experimental fitting. It is expanded to provide a predictive heuristic for non-spherical particles, via definition of a "correction tensor''. Its accuracy is tested against experiments and kinetic theory for the sphere, and stochastic solutions to the Boltzmann equation for a range of spheroids. It represents a simple, general tool for approximating transport properties of non-spherical micro/nano particles in a gas.
title A correction tensor for approximating drag on slow-moving particles of arbitrary shape
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00111