Particulate transport in consolidated granular systems
Abstract
Small particle penetration depth in a random fixed bed of larger glass spheres has been studied experimentally under laminar flow conditions and in the absence of Brownian motion. The small particles, marked with a thin coating of gold, were tracked in the fixed bed made optically transparent by matching the index of refraction of the suspending fluid to that of the glass spheres. Small particle penetration depths were examined for different ratios of the small particle diameter to the large sphere diameter.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
Granular flow and fluidized beds
Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 389–393
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter