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The evolution of the large-scale velocity perturbations in a homogeneous suspension sedimenting in a rectangular container with rigid horizontal walls and periodic conditions on the vertical boundaries is considered. Numerical simulation of the point-particle motion showed that the density and velocity fluctuations decrease with time. The perturbations are damped due to reshaping of the sedimentation front and the nonlinear interaction of the different modes.
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Original Russian Text © E.S. Asmolov, 2007, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, 2007, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 84–93.
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Asmolov, E.S. Numerical simulation of rarefied suspension sedimentation in a container. Fluid Dyn 42, 410–418 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001546280703009X
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