A Physical Introduction to Suspension Dynamics
1st Edition
Published on 20. March 2012
978-1-139-18024-5 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding the behaviour of particles suspended in a fluid has many important applications across a range of fields, including engineering and geophysics. Comprising two main parts, this book begins with the well-developed theory of particles in viscous fluids, i.e. microhydrodynamics, particularly for single- and pair-body dynamics. Part II considers many-body dynamics, covering shear flows and sedimentation, bulk flow properties and collective phenomena. An interlude between the two parts provides the basic statistical techniques needed to employ the results of the first (microscopic) in the second (macroscopic). The authors introduce theoretical, mathematical concepts through concrete examples, making the material accessible to non-mathematicians. They also include some of the many open questions in the field to encourage further study. Consequently, this is an ideal introduction for students and researchers from other disciplines who are approaching suspension dynamics for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
'The authors introduce theoretical, mathematical concepts through concrete examples, making the material accessible to non-mathematicians ... this is an ideal introduction for students and researchers from other disciplines who are approaching suspension dynamics for the first time.' Sylvie Pic, zbMATHMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
80 Halftones, unspecified
File size
4,19 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-139-18024-5 (9781139180245)
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Elisabeth Guazzelli | Jeffrey F. Morris
A Physical Introduction to Suspension Dynamics
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11/2011
Cambridge University Press
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Elisabeth Guazzelli | Jeffrey F. Morris
A Physical Introduction to Suspension Dynamics
Book
11/2011
Cambridge University Press
€149.00
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Persons
Elisabeth Guazzelli is Senior Researcher (Directeur de Recherche) at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique). She did her graduate training in physics at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Fontenay aux Roses and Universite Paris-Sud. Her research interests are in the field of particulate multiphase flows, such as granular media, fluidized beds, suspensions, and sedimentation. Jeff Morris is Professor of Chemical Engineering and a member of the Levich Institute at City College, the City University of New York.
Content
Preface; Prologue; Part I. Microhydrodynamics: 1. Basic concepts in viscous flow; 2. One sphere in Stokes flow; 3. Sophisticated techniques; 4. Particle pair interactions; Interlude: from the microscopic to the macroscopic; 5. Statistical and stochastic concepts; Part II. Toward a Description of Macroscopic Phenomena in Suspensions: 6. Sedimentation; 7. Shear flow; 8. Beyond Stokes flow: finite inertia; Epilogue; References; Index.
