Dense Suspension Rheology

This year research on the rheological behavior of concentrated suspen- sions has proceeded along three parallel effortIs as described below. The goal is to provide a quantitative microstructurally-based description of suspen- sion rheology for a range of concentrations and particle-level interactions. The problem is addrcsied by both analytical and computational (simulation) approaches. Not all of the work described here has been supported by IFPRI; for example, the work on an accelerated version of Stokesian Dynamics has not. The report is intended to give an integrated view of our current efforts.