A fractal property of vertically vibrated beds of granules

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3551-3553

  Akiyama, Tetsuo ^a   Aoki, Keiko M ^a   Iguchi, Tatsusaburo ^a   Nishimoto, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nichias Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FRACTALS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY;

FRACTAL GEOMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE BEDS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0030184151     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(95)00408-4     Document Type: Article

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