Numerical simulation of the settling of polydisperse suspensions of spheres

Powder Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 30-54

  Burger R ^a   Concha, F ^b   Fjelde, K K ^c,d   Karlsen, K Hvistendahl ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d RF Rogaland Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kinematic shocks; Kinematical sedimentation process; Polydisperse suspensions; Rarefaction waves; Shock capturing schemes; Slip velocities

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SETTLING; SUSPENSION;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENSION; THEORY; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0342844387     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00289-2     Document Type: Article

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