Equations of motion for dust particles in dust-collecting devices (Translated article from USSR Journal Otoplenie i Ventilyatsiya, No. 4 (1934): 27-29)

Abstract

Preface for the English Translation: While checking out early USSR journal articles for our literature search, we recently had tremendous difficulty acquiring this 1934 Klyachko original publication through our library systems. After obtaining and reading a scanned copy of it supplied by the Russian library in Moscow, we realized that relatively scarce citations of this work in the Western literature are often accompanied by inaccurate descriptions and comments, indicating that most Western authors might have gotten only second-hand knowledge about it and never seemed to have read the original article. Compared with various correlation formulas in the modern literature, the Klyachko 1934 formula for sphere drag in fluid flow appears to be the most elegant and cleanest one thus far. Therefore, we decided to make an effort to translate this historical work and publish it in the open literature to facilitate its accessibility to English readers worldwide.