Mixing of Granular Materials in Slowly Rotated Containers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3351-3363

  McCarthy, J J ^a   Shinbrot, Troy ^a   Metcalfe, Guy ^a,b   Wolf, J Eduardo ^a   Ottino, Julio M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATING MACHINERY;

GRANULAR MATERIALS MIXING; NONCOHESIVE GRANULAR MATERIALS;

MIXING;

EID: 0030392883     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690421207     Document Type: Article

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