The motion of a finite mass of granular material down a rough incline

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 199, Issue 2697, 1989, Pages 177-215

  Savage, S B ^a   Hutter, K ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Mechanics   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS--MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STRESSES--SHEAR;

COULOMB-LIKE CONTINUUM; DEPTH AVERAGED EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FRICTION LAW; M-WAVE SIMILARITY SOLUTION; ROUGH INCLINED PLANE; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0024611991     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112089000340     Document Type: Article

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