The dynamics of aggregates consisting of chains of particles and their union in the form of a two-dimensional network in viscous flow is numerically simulated. It is assumed that the particles in a chain can move relative to each other so that the distance between two neighboring ones remains unchanged. The hydrodynamic interaction forces between all particles in an aggregate are taken into account. The deposition of particle chains and their dynamics in a linear flow are considered in the case an unbounded fluid volume and near a flat wall. The interaction forces between the particles necessary for retaining them in a chain are calculated, and places of the most probable breakage in the chain are determined.In recent years, there has been increasingly more interest in the study of colloidal suspensions, which is motivated by the creation of new materials with predetermined properties as based on viscous fluids with added particles and by the possibility of controlling these properties via variations in the particle microstructure caused by applied external fields.Due to the interaction of fluid particles, they can form structures (including periodic ones) or aggregates in the particles are retained by the interaction forces [1,2]. Aggregates vary in size and shape and can have a rather rigid or deformable structure. In the literature, much attention has been given to the dynamics of aggregates representing chains of particles. This is associated primarily with the study of structure formation in magnetic fluids, which can be controlled by external magnetic fields. The application of a magnetic field to a magnetic fluid leads to the formation of particle structures that change the physical properties of the fluid. Droplet aggregates, friable fractal clusters, and chain aggregates can be formed in magnetic fluids. The last case is typical of systems with large particles and low particle concentrations. The formation of chain aggregates has been observed in numerous experimental studies (analysis of rheological, diffusive, optical properties) and in numerical studies of magnetic fluid structures (Monte Carlo simulation, the molecular dynamics method) [3,4]. Observed agglomerates reach dozens of microns in size. The mechanism responsible for this structurization in magnetic fluids is the interaction of particles possessing a magnetic moment. In early works, particle chains were modeled by undeformable ellipsoids of revolution [5], which made it possible to use well-known results from the fluid dynamics of such aggregates. This representation of chains was underlain by works concerning the fluid dynamics of doublets of particles [6,7]. Another approach to the study of such aggregates is based on their representation in the form of chains of spherical particles retained in a particular configuration by dipole-dipole interaction forces [8]. As a rule, only pairwise interactions between particles are considered. However, this approach does not take into account the hydrodynamic interaction of the particles with the surr...