Thus, this course will be divided evenly into three parts. The first two will cover the classical topics in the fields of granular flows and suspensions. Though both fields require extensive theoretical background, we will focus on the physical meaning and the concepts behind the existing theories and learn from dimension analysis, if applicable. The learning should help to understand the third part—the recent theories on solid-liquid flows where both the solid and the liquid possess comparable inertia in the mixture.

During the course, we will also cover the topics related to particle-level interactions, including contact mechanics and the interaction between a single particle and its surrounding flow.