Characteristics of movement of solid particle in snow-water mixtures

In the present study, experimental observations for the movement of solid particles in the solid-water mixture flow were carried out in the horizontal pipe with a high-speed camera. When flow is slow, the picture was taken at 1000 scenes per second, and when flow is fast, the flow observation catches the solid particle very clearly at 4000 scenes per second. From the flow observation of the solid-water multi-phase flow that the solid specific gravity is near that of the transportation fluid, the change of the solid particle position and the speed change of the solid particle were shown in the present study. Within the scope of the present study, the following conclusions were derived. The solid particle flows with moving up and down. The change of the speed is large. The speeds in the lower layer and upper layer are both great fluctuations because the change of the speed near the wall is large. On the other hand, the vicinity of the solid particle in the middle layer of the pipe fluctuates a little and a steady speed continues. The solid particle near the wall rotates greatly, however, the solid particle in the middle layer of the pipe shows a small rotation. The rotation means that the flow of the mixtures is not Bingham flow.