Issues in the statistical mechanics of steady sedimentation

Ramaswamy, S (2001) Issues in the statistical mechanics of steady sedimentation. In: Advances In Physics, 50 (3). pp. 297-341.

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Abstract

A critical review is presented of recent experimental and theoretical work on the steady sedimentation of particulate suspensions in viscous fluids. The point of view is that of a practitioner of non-equilibrium statistical physics rather than classical fluid mechanics.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Taylor and Francis Group.
Keywords:	Discretized Boltzmann-Equation;Driven Diffusive Systems;Non-Brownian Spheres;Phase-Separation;Velocity Fluctuations;Concentrated Suspensions;Colloidal Suspensions;Particulate Suspensions;Hydrodynamic Diffusion;Numerical Simulations.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2009 05:45
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:55
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/17104

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