Physics of Granular Suspensions

This book provides graduate students and scientists with fundamental knowledge on the mechanics of granular suspensions as well as on the mathematical and numerical techniques that can be adopted to investigate geophysical flows. To this end, three formidably complex problems (sediment transport, flow-like landslide inception, and gravity currents) are considered. The reader will find a thorough combination of elements of fluid and solid mechanics, rheology, geotechnics, geomorphology, civil, and coastal engineering. The first part of the book introduces the problem of granular suspensions from the mathematical viewpoint, focusing on issues that characterise geophysical flows such as turbulence, the effects of inter-particle contacts, and strong velocity gradients. In the second part, different models that were successfully used to investigate the mechanics of granular suspensions in environmental flows are presented.

Combines elements of fluid and solid mechanics, rheology, geotechnics, geomorphology, civil and coastal engineering Examines meso-scale phenomena relevant for the mechanics of granular suspensions and the dynamics of turbidity currents Written by leading experts in the field

Inhalt
Elements of granular suspension dynamics.- Granular Suspension: from single fluid to two-phase particulate systems.- Mathematical modelling of particulate flows.- Dispersed turbulent multiphase flows.- Three relevant geophysical problems.- Sediment transport (Fluid driven flows).- From solid to fluid transition in granular systems and suspensions.- Gravity currents (Particle driven flows).

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