Issues in the statistical mechanics of steady sedimentation

Authors
Ramaswamy, S
Citation
S. Ramaswamy, Issues in the statistical mechanics of steady sedimentation, ADV PHYSICS, 50(3), 2001, pp. 297-341
Citations number
127
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00018732 → ACNP
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
297 - 341
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8732(200105)50:3<297:IITSMO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A critical review is presented of recent experimental and theoretical work on the steady sedimentation of particulate suspensions in viscous fluids. T he point of view is that of a practitioner of non-equilibrium statistical p hysics rather than classical fluid mechanics.