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Computer Simulation of Particle Suspensions

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics ((LNACM,volume 28))

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Particle suspensions are ubiquitous in our daily life, but are not well understood due to their complexity. During the last twenty years, various simulation methods have been developed in order to model these systems. Due to varying properties of the solved particles and the solvents, one has to choose the simulation method properly in order to use the available compute resources most effectively with resolving the system as well as needed. Various techniques for the simulation of particle suspensions have been implemented at the Institute for Computational Physics allowing us to study the properties of clay-like systems, where Brownian motion is important, more macroscopic particles like glass spheres or fibers solved in liquids, or even the pneumatic transport of powders in pipes. In this paper we will present the various methods we applied and developed and discuss their individual advantages.

Research Project A7 “Microscopic Simulations of Suspensions — Analysis of Local Behavior of Polydisperse Systems and Nonspherical Particles”

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  1. Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Jens Harting, Martin Hecht & Sean McNamara

  2. Institute for Building Materials, ETH Hönggerberg, HIF E 12, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland

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Harting, J., Hecht, M., Herrmann, H.J., McNamara, S. (2006). Computer Simulation of Particle Suspensions. In: Helmig, R., Mielke, A., Wohlmuth, B.I. (eds) Multifield Problems in Solid and Fluid Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34961-7_4

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