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Hauptverfasser: Luong, Jack, Burnett, Sarah Cassie, Bertozzi, Andrea L.
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24114
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  • We study bidisperse suspensions -- suspensions where there are two particle species of the same density but different sizes -- of a viscous fluid on an incline. We use a lubrication theory/thin film model to form a hyperbolic system of three conservation laws for the height and particle volume fractions. The model predicts, over a range of parameters, that the larger particles rise to the top of the layer, consistent with the well-known `Brazil-nut effect' for granular media. The model predicts well-separated fronts of the two species of particles, behind a clear fluid front, at lower inclination angles and volume fractions. This corresponds to a triple shock structure in the system of conservations. At higher inclination angles and volume fractions the particles congregate at a high concentration at the leading front corresponding to a singular shock in the model. We find excellent agreement between theory and experiments in terms of the overall dynamic structures as the parameters vary.