Macroscopic transport and topological transitions in ordered suspensions in parallel-wall channels

ORAL

Abstract

Our recent investigations of ordered suspensions in parallel-wall channels revealed complex nonlinear dynamics, including formation of defects in a particle lattice, dynamic order-disorder transitions, buckling of particle lattice, and fingering instabilities. We will describe hydrodynamic mechanisms that govern this collective particle behavior.

*Supported by NSF grant CBET--0931504

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Authors

  • Jerzy Blawzdziewicz

    • Texas Tech University

  • Nidhi Khurana

    • Yale University

  • Eligiusz Wajnryb

    • IPPT, Warsaw, Poland