The growth of periodic waves in gas-fluidized beds

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 325, Issue , 1996, Pages 261-282

  Harris, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

CNOIDAL WAVES; GAS FLUIDIZED BEDS; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; PERIODIC WAVES; VOIDAGE DISTURBANCE;

PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0030260667     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096008117     Document Type: Article

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