Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane
The flow of viscous, particle-laden wetting thin films on an inclined plane is studied experimentally as the particle concentration is increased to the maximum packing limit. The slurry is a non-neutrally buoyant mixture of silicone oil and either solid glass beads or glass bubbles. At low concentra...
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| author | Ward, Thomas Wey, Chi Glidden, Robert Hosoi, Anette E. |
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| description | The flow of viscous, particle-laden wetting thin films on an inclined plane is studied experimentally as the particle concentration is increased to the maximum packing limit. The slurry is a non-neutrally buoyant mixture of silicone oil and either solid glass beads or glass bubbles. At low concentrations (ϕ<0.45), the elapsed time versus average front position scales with the exponent predicted by Huppert [Nature (London) 300, 427 (1982) ]. At higher concentrations, the average front position still scales with the exponent predicted by Huppert on some time interval, but there are observable deviations due to internal motion of the particles. At the larger concentration values and at later times, the departure from Huppert is seen to strongly depend on total slurry volume VT, inclination angle α, density difference, and particle size range. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/785712022-10-02T04:34:37Z Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane Ward, Thomas Wey, Chi Glidden, Robert Hosoi, Anette E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory Hosoi, Anette E. The flow of viscous, particle-laden wetting thin films on an inclined plane is studied experimentally as the particle concentration is increased to the maximum packing limit. The slurry is a non-neutrally buoyant mixture of silicone oil and either solid glass beads or glass bubbles. At low concentrations (ϕ<0.45), the elapsed time versus average front position scales with the exponent predicted by Huppert [Nature (London) 300, 427 (1982) ]. At higher concentrations, the average front position still scales with the exponent predicted by Huppert on some time interval, but there are observable deviations due to internal motion of the particles. At the larger concentration values and at later times, the departure from Huppert is seen to strongly depend on total slurry volume VT, inclination angle α, density difference, and particle size range. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant DMS-0502315) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant DMS-0601395) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant DMS-0244498) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant ACI-0321917) National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant ACI-0323672) United States. Office of Naval Research (Grant N000140410078) 2013-04-17T19:20:18Z 2013-04-17T19:20:18Z 2009-08 2009-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1070-6631 1089-7666 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78571 Ward, Thomas et al. “Experimental Study of Gravitation Effects in the Flow of a Particle-laden Thin Film on an Inclined Plane.” Physics of Fluids 21.8 (2009): 083305. © 2009 American Institute of Physics https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4940-7496 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3208076 Physics of Fluids Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Institute of Physics (AIP) MIT web domain |
| spellingShingle | Ward, Thomas Wey, Chi Glidden, Robert Hosoi, Anette E. Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane |
| title | Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane |
| title_full | Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane |
| title_fullStr | Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane |
| title_short | Experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle-laden thin film on an inclined plane |
| title_sort | experimental study of gravitation effects in the flow of a particle laden thin film on an inclined plane |
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