EXPERIMENTS ON A GRAVITY-FREE DISPERSION OF LARGE SOLID SPHERES IN A NEWTONIAN FLUID UNDER SHEAR
EXPERIMENTS ON A GRAVITY-FREE DISPERSION OF LARGE SOLID SPHERES IN A NEWTONIAN FLUID UNDER SHEAR
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DOI:
10.1098/rspa.1954.0186
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
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BAGNOLD, RA
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BAGNOLD, RA
Dispersions of solid spherical grains of diameterD= 0.13cm were sheared in Newtonian fluids of varying viscosity (water and a glycerine-water-alcohol mixture) in the annular space between two concentric drums. The density σ of the grains was balanced against the density ρ of the fluid, giving a condition of no differential forces due to radial acceleration. The volume concentrationCof the grains was varied between 62 and 13 %. A substantial radial dispersive pressure was found to be exerted between the grains. This was measured as an increase of static pressure in the inner stationary drum which had a deformable periphery. The torque on the inner drum was also measured. The dispersive pressurePwas found to be proportional to a shear stressλattributable to the presence of the grains. The linear grain concentration λ is defined as the ratio grain diameter/mean free dispersion distance and is related toCbywhereC0is the maximum possible static volume concentration. Both the stressesTandP, as dimensionless groupsTσD2/λη2, andPσD2/λη2, were found to bear single-valued empirical relations to a dimensionless shear strain group λ½σD2(dU/dy)lη for all the values of λ< 12(C= 57% approx.) where dU/dyis the rate of shearing of the grains over one another, and η the fluid viscosity. This relation givesandaccording as dU/dyis large or small, i.e. according to whether grain inertia or fluid viscosity dominate. An alternative semi-empirical relationF= (1+λ)(1+½λ)ηdU/dywas found for the viscous case, whenTis the whole shear stress. The ratioT/Pwas constant at 0·3 approx, in the inertia region, and at 0.75 approx, in the viscous region. The results are applied to a few hitherto unexplained natural phenomena.