简介:Thepresentpaperisfocussedontheeffectsofviscousandturbulentshearstressesonbothverticalvelocityandconcentrationdistributionsinlargesuspensionofsands.Whentheflowcarrieslargeamountofsedimentsinsuspension,thepropertiesoffluidmixturearechangedintermsofmodifiedviscosity,densityandfallvelocity,andhencetheflowcharacteristics.Theoreticalmodelshavebeendevelopedforbothvelocityandconcentrationprofiles,takingintoaccounttheviscousandturbulentshearstresses,whicharethefunctionofvolumetricconcentration.Comparisonoftheoreticalmodelswithexperimentaldatarevealsthat(i)themodifiedvelocityandconcentrationprofilesagreewellwiththeobserveddataforhighsuspension,(ii)thehigherthesedimentsuspension,thesmallerthevonKarmanconstant,and(iii)sedimentdiffusioncoefficientislessthanmomentumdiffusioncoefficientforfinesandsinsuspension.
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