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On instabilities arising during sedimentation of two-component mixtures of solids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

R. H. Weiland ,
Y. P. Fessas  and
B. V. Ramarao
R. H. Weiland
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY 13676
Y. P. Fessas
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY 13676
B. V. Ramarao
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, NY 13676
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Abstract

Experimental evidence is presented which shows that both uniform and differential sedimentation are unstable flows for relatively concentrated fluid suspensions containing particles of two different densities or sizes. The instability takes the form of a new type of fingering phenomenon which develops as a result of the two kinds of particles segregating laterally from each other.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 142 , May 1984 , pp. 383 - 389
Copyright
© 1984 Cambridge University Press

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