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Velocity fluctuations in a low-Reynolds-number fluidized bed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2008

SHANG-YOU TEE ,
P. J. MUCHA ,
M. P. BRENNER  and
D. A. WEITZ
SHANG-YOU TEE
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
P. J. MUCHA
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics & Institute for Advanced Materials, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
M. P. BRENNER
Affiliation:
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
D. A. WEITZ
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Abstract

The velocity fluctuations of particles in a low-Reynolds-number fluidized bed have important similarities and differences with the velocity fluctuations in a low-Reynolds-number sedimenting suspension. We show that, like sedimentation, the velocity fluctuations in a fluidized bed are described well by the balance between density fluctuations due to Poisson statistics and Stokes drag. However, unlike sedimentation, the correlation length of the fluctuations in a fluidized bed increases with volume fraction. We argue that this difference arises because the relaxation time of density fluctuations is completely different in the two systems.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 596 , 25 January 2008 , pp. 467 - 475
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