A frictional Cosserat model for the flow of granular materials through a vertical channel

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-96

  Mohan, L Srinivasa ^a   Nott, Prabhu R ^a   Rao, K Kesava ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COSSERAT MODEL; SHEAR LAYER;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

EID: 0012539611     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01179543     Document Type: Article

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