Properties of suspensions of interacting particles
Properties of suspensions of interacting particles
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相互作用颗粒悬浮液的性质
DOI:
10.17863/cam.16147
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发表时间:
1977
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
R. W. O'Brien
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作者:
R. W. O'Brien
The ·dissertation is divided into six chapters. The first chapter
contains introductory remarks and sets the scene for the work that is to
follow.
Chapter 2 is devoted to the conduction of heat or electricity through
granular materials, the conductivity of the grains greatly exceeds that
of the matrix and the grains are closely-packed. Frornan analysis of the
temperature distribution near the point of contact between a pair of
particles we derive an expression for the effective conductivity of this
type of material.
In chapter 3 we study the conduction of heat across a bundle of
fibres. It is shown that small deviations in fibre straightness or in
fibre alignment have a marked effect on the conductivity of these types
of materials, and expressions are obtained for the effective conductivity
of two classes of fibre bundles.
The work in chapter 4 is concerned with general aspects of the
determination of effective transport properties. A new method is described
for obtaining the effective transport properties of suspensions of
interacting spherical particles in both regular and random arrays. This
new method does not encounter divergence difficulties, and provides a
rigorous basis for the rather ad hoc procedures devised earlier to deal
with divergence difficulties. Some old results are rederived by these new
techniques and expressions are obtained for the effective modulus of
compr ession of r igid spheres in random and regular arrays in an elastic
matrix.
Chapter 5 is devoted to a study of the coagulation of particles in
shear flow. We are mainly concerned with the coagulation of particles at
"high" shear_ rates, in which case the Brew nian motion of the particles is
negligible and the Van der Waals forces between the particles only affect
the motion of nearly touching particles. Expressions are obtained for the rate at which single spherical particles coagulate for form doublets, per
unit volume of suspension.
Finally, in chapter 6 we present the results of a numerical study on the
effect of Van der Waals attraction and electrical repulsion on the motion
of a pair of spherical particles in shear flow. It is shown that at very
low shear rates, pairs execute closed orbits about each other. As the
shear rate increases the pairs are pulled apart, and finally, at very high
shear rates pairs are pushed together with such force by the flow that
some are able to overcome the electrical repulsive forces and coagulation
occurs.