Rheology of granular media

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 294-299

  Clement, Eric ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Arching; Avalances; Force chains; Granular materials; Hopper; Sand pile; Silo; Solid friction

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

COLLOID; FLOW KINETICS; GRAVITY; LIQUID; REVIEW; SOLID;

EID: 0033429656     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)90004-3     Document Type: Review

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