Organizers:
- Prasoon Suchandra, Georgia Institute of Technology
Description:
Multiphase and non-Newtonian flows are often encountered in many natural phenomena and engineering applications. For instance, high-density foam (water + air) and non-Newtonian fluids could be used as carrier fluids in manufacturing different fiber-composite materials, including different grades of paper. Use of such fluids, rather than conventionally used water, has suggested reduced power consumption for evaporative drying of fiber-composite materials.
In this mini-symposium, we invite speakers to share their research on multiphase and non-Newtonian flows. All works, whether theoretical, experimental or computational, are welcome. The research application need not be limited to fiber-composite industry which was earlier discussed as an example application. The presentations are expected to be around 20 min (15 min talk + 5 min Q&A). The following are a few examples of works that could fall under this mini-symposium.
- Bubble size distribution in decaying high turbulence using Population Balance Equation (PBE)
- On the coalescence of bubbles in highly turbulent flows
- Time accurate solutions of the Fokker-Planck equation in simple shear
- Characterizing transition to turbulence in Herschel-Bulkley fluid flows
The idea of this mini-symposium is to discuss and learn about different theoretical and computational models being developed and used for multiphase and non-Newtonian flows, as well as learn about state-of-the-art experimental diagnostics to study such flows.
Topics of interest:
- Multiphase flows
- Non-Newtonian flows
- Supercritical flows
- Variable density turbulent flows
(theoretical, experimental and computational works welcome)