Structural instability in the sedimentation of particulate suspensions through viscoelastic fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 479-488

  Phillips, R J ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Sedimentation; Structural instability; Viscoelastic suspensions

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VOLUME; COLUMN SEPARATION; CRITICAL VALUE; DEBORAH NUMBERS; DIMENSIONLESS DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HOMOGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; PARTICLE RADII; PARTICLE VOLUME FRACTIONS; PARTICULATE SUSPENSIONS; SQUARE ROOTS; STABILITY PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY; SUSPENSION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL COLUMNS; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUID;

AGGLOMERATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTATION; STABILITY; TITRATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 77950626861     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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