PIPELINE FLOW OF COARSE PARTICLES IN FLUIDS WITH YIELD STRESSES ‘A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Chemical Engineering University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Kelly Blue Hill June 1996 © Copyright Kelly Blue Hill, 1996. ‘The University of Saskatchewan claims copytight in conjunction with the author. Use shall not be made of the material contained herein without proper acknowledgement.National Library of Canada sitions and Bibliographic Services 395 Wetington Stroet ‘tawa ON KIA ONE Canada Bibliotheque nationale du Canada isttons et Sences bolographiques 305, ne Wellington Gitawa ON KIA ONS Sanaa The author has granted a non- L’auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive permettant a la National Library of Canada to Bibliothéque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or sell reproduire, préter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette thése sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/film, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format Alectronique. The author retains ownership of the _L’auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d’auteur qui protége cette thése. thesis nor substantial extracts from it _Ni a thése ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent étre imprimés reproduced without the author’s ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. Canad 0-612-23990-XUNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN College of Graduate Studies and Research SUMMARY OF DISSERTATION ‘Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY by Kelly Blue Hill Department of Chemical Engineering Examining Committee: Or. S. Yannacopoulis Dr. B. Milne Dr. C.A. Shook Dr. LD. Bugg Dr. G.A. Fill Dr. S. Rohani External Examiner: Dr. KC. Wilson Department of Civil Engineering Queen's University Kingston, Ontario K7L3N6 University of Saskatchewan Fall 1996 ‘Byeih/ AggweEstw DEKH Dean's Designate, Chair, College of Graduate Studies and Research Chair of Advisory Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering ‘Supervisor, Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering