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XXI International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Warsaw, Poland, August 15-21, 2004

Spreading Fronts and Fluctuations in Sedimentation: Part I Experiments

Laurence Bergougnoux ⁽¹⁾, Sebastien Ghicini ⁽¹⁾, Elisabeth Guazzelli ⁽¹⁾, John Hinch ⁽²⁾

1. IUSTI-CNRS, Polytech'Marseille, Marseille, France
2. DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

The problem of velocity fluctuations in a sedimenting suspension is still unresolved. In this paper, we examine by laboratory experiments how the sedimentation front spreads and how this affects the velocity fluctuations. The influence of the size of the container is also investigated.

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