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Dr. Sean Hutton
	Physics of Geological Processes - University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo Norway Tel: +47 22 856108: Email: Sean.Hutton@fys.uio.no

Current Research

Current areas of research include:

Granular Materials(Download poster delivered at Kongsberg Conference 2003)
Mixing and segregation
Flow Processes in Geophysical Systems (including hydrothermal vent complexes and mud volcanoes)
Hetrogenous Media
Compaction in Plastically Deforemable Granular Media
Fracture Mechanics
Booming and Squeaking Sand

List of published papers as of April 2002

Forsyth, A.F., W. Shen, I.H. Parker, S. Hutton and M.J. Rhodes, "Effect of humidity on the flow characteristics of granular material", Powder Technology, in press.
Refereed Papers Read at Conferences with Published Proceedings
Hutton, S. R., A. J. Forsyth, C. F. Osborne and M. J. Rhodes, "Effect of interparticle force on segregation in a rotating drum", Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, 24 - 27 September 2001, Editor D. Shallcross, Session 2318.
Forsyth, A., M.J. Rhodes, S. Hutton and C. Osborne, (2000) "Effect of applied interparticle force on packing density and the angles of repose in mono-sized granular material", presented at CHEMECA 2000, Perth, 9 - 12 July.

Forsyth, A.F., S. Hutton, M.J. Rhodes and C.F. Osborne, (2001) "(PDF)Effects of interparticle force on the packing fraction of spherical granular material", Physical Review Letters, Vol. 87, 24, pp. 244301-1 to 244301-3.
Forsyth, A.F., S. Hutton, M.J. Rhodes and C.F. Osborne, (2001) "(PDF)Effect of applied interparticle force on the static and dynamic angles of repose of spherical granular material", Physics Review E, Vol. 63, pp. 031302-1 to 031302-5.
Forsyth, A. J., Hutton S. R., and Rhodes, M. J., "Effect of cohesive interparticle force on the flow characteristics of granular material", Powder Technology 126, 150-154 (2002).

Rhodes, M.J., S. R. Hutton, A. J. Forsyth, C. F. Osborne (2001), "Influence of interparticle forces on the packing fraction of spheres", paper 202e, AIChE Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 5-9 Nov. 2001, (paper included in proceedings but not presented due to travel prohibition).
S. R. Hutton, A. J. Forsyth, C. F. Osborne and M. J. Rhodes (2000) "Segregation of particulate materials: interparticle force effects", presented at the First Asian Particle Technology Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand, 13 - 15 December 2000, session S-I(2)-5, paper #0084.
Forsyth, A.J., S. R. Hutton, C.F. Osborne and M.J, Rhodes, (2000), "The role of interparticle force in segregation of particulate materials", paper 12g, presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, 12-17 Nov. 2000.