Statistical theory of sedimentation of disordered suspensions
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 51 (5) , R3815-R3818
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.51.r3815
Abstract
An analytical treatment for the sedimentation rate of disordered suspensions is presented in the context of a resistance problem. From the calculation it is confirmed that the lubrication effect is important in contrast to the suggestion by Brady and Durlofsky [J. F. Brady and L. J. Durlofsky, Phys. Fluids 31, 717 (1988)]. The calculated sedimentation rate agrees well with the experimental results throughout the range of the volume fraction.Keywords
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