Physics of Particulate Materials

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Particulate materials, broadly defined as agglomerates of macroscopic particles, are ubiquitous in nature, across industries (pharmaceutics, chemical engineering, geotechnical, etc.) and in our daily lives. You can see them in everything from sand grains on the beach to catalyst particles in chemical reactors and from airborne pollution particles to ice balls forming Saturn's rings. Starting from a physics perspective, this course builds the foundation for widespread applications of particulate materials. It covers topics including particle-particle and particle-fluid interactions, agglomeration processes, statics and dynamics of granular materials. Students work on specific projects that equip them with essential experimental and/or numerical tools to explore these applications of particulate materials and that prepare them for advanced academic and applied fields of study. 001760