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Dynamics of particle settling and resuspension in viscous liquid films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2013

N. Murisic ,
B. Pausader ,
D. Peschka  and
A. L. Bertozzi
N. Murisic
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
B. Pausader
Affiliation:
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 251 Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
D. Peschka
Affiliation:
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics, Mohrenstr. 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany
A. L. Bertozzi
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Abstract

We develop a dynamic model for suspensions of negatively buoyant particles on an incline. Our model includes settling due to gravity and resuspension of particles by shear-induced migration. We consider the case where the particles settle onto the solid substrate and two distinct fronts form: a faster liquid and a slower particle front. The resulting transport equations for the liquid and the particles are of hyperbolic type and we study the dilute limit for which we compute exact solutions. We also carry out systematic laboratory experiments, focusing on the motion of the two fronts. We show that the dynamic model predictions for small to moderate values of the particle volume fraction and the inclination angle of the solid substrate agree well with the experimental data.

JFM classification

Interfacial Flows (free surface): Interfacial Flows (free surface) Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows Interfacial Flows (free surface): Thin films
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 717 , 25 February 2013 , pp. 203 - 231
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©2013 Cambridge University Press

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