Suspension flow modeling
Densely packed suspensions of spherical particles are a chaotic dynamical system with fascinating evolution. I focus on non-homogenous flows, particularly flows with sharp gradients in the volume fraction or bidisperse particle sizes or weights. My most recent work focuses on using machine learning to extract more information from simulations or experiments.
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Relevant publications
Howard, Amanda A., Maxey, Martin R., & Gallier, Stany. (2022). A bidisperse suspension balance model. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 7, 12.
Reyes, Brandon, Howard, Amanda A., Perdikaris, Paris, & Tartakovsky, Alexandre M. (2021). Learning unknown physics of non-Newtonian fluids. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6, 073301.
Howard, Amanda A., Maxey, Martin R., & Yeo, Kyongmin (2018). Settling of heavy particles in concentrated suspensions of neutrally buoyant particles under uniform shear. Fluid Dynamics Research, 4, 041401.
Howard, Amanda A. & Maxey, Martin R. (2018). Simulation study of particle clouds in oscillating shear flow. J. Fluid Mech, 852, 484-506.
Cui, Francis R., Howard, Amanda A., Maxey, Martin R. & Tripathi, Anubhav (2017). Dispersion of a suspension plug in oscillatory pressure-driven flow. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 2, 094303.