Instabilities during batch sedimentation in geometries containing obstacles: A numerical and experimental study

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 723-735

  Rao, Rekha R ^a   Mondy, Lisa A ^a   Altobelli, Stephen A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b New Mexico Resonance   (United States)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Sedimentation; Suspensions

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY FLOW; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

BATCH SEDIMENTATION; CONTINUUM-LEVEL NUMERICAL MODELLING; DIFFUSIVE-FLUX EQUATION;

SEDIMENTATION;

COLLOIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SECONDARY FLOW; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

EID: 35748954957     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1483     Document Type: Article

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