The behavior of liquid‐solid flows varies greatly depending on fluid viscosity; particle and liquid inertia; and collisions and near‐collisions between particles. Shear stress measurements were made in a coaxial rheometer with a height to gap ratio of 11.7 and gap to outer radius ratio (h/b) of 0.166 that was specially designed to minimize the effects of secondary flows. Experiments were performed for a range of Reynolds numbers, solid fractions and ratio of particle to fluid densities. With neutrally buoyant particles, the dimensional shear stress exhibits a linear dependence on Reynolds number: the slope is monotonic but a non‐linear function of the solid fraction. Though non‐neutrally buoyant particles exhibit a similar linear dependence at higher Reynolds numbers, at lower values the shear stress exhibits a non‐linear behavior in which the stress increases with decreasing Reynolds number due to particle settling.
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