Brownian motion in a flowing fluid revisited

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Phys. Fluids; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863479· OSTI ID:6405499

Ramshaw, J D

It is shown how the phenomenon of osmosis may be treated using the phenomenological theory of Brownian motion in a flowing fluid. The theory is also generalized to include viscous stresses in the particle and mixture momentum equations.

• Research Organization: Theoretical Division, University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
• OSTI ID: 6405499
• Journal Information: Phys. Fluids; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Fluids; (United States) Vol. 24:6; ISSN PFLDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640410* -- Fluid Physics-- General Fluid Dynamics
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
BROWNIAN MOVEMENT
COLLOIDS
DIFFUSION
DISPERSIONS
FLUID FLOW
MEMBRANES
OSMOSIS
PARTICLES