Fundamentals of Dispersed Multiphase Flows

From the range of topics and the depth of physics that were discussed in the previous chapters, it is quite clear that multiphase flow is a challenging subject even at the level of an individual particle. But clearly we need to move forward and begin to consider more complex multiphase-flow physics. Toward this goal, we will progress beyond an isolated particle in an unbounded medium in two different ways. First, in this chapter we will consider the problem of an isolated particle in an ambient flow, but in the presence of a nearby wall.