Particulate flows

Donald A. Drew, Daniel D. Joseph

This volume presents the findings of a workshop held at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications. It brings together ideas of mathematicians and researchers in the physical sciences in the areas of particulate flow and rheology. Flow of particles in a fluid occurs in food processing, catalytic processing, slurries, coating, paper manufacturing, particle injection molding and filter operation. In many of these processes, the rheology of such materials as they undergo transport and processing is important in design, operation, and efficiency. Consequently, using these materials represents a technological challenge. In spite of the phenomenal advances in computation and computers, simulation of the motion of more than a few particles in a fluid is impractical. Therefore, effective media models and two-fluid models are important in the description of particle-fluid flows. The...