The role of interstitial gas in the Brazil Nut effect

Granular Matter

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Rhodes, Martin ^a   Takeuchi, Shintaro ^a   Liffman, Kurt ^a,b   Muniandy, Kanni ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brazil nut effect; Electrostatics; Granular solids; Humidity; Interstitial air; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DAMPING; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTROSTATICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

INTERSTITIAL GAS; INTRUDERS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 0346964189     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-003-0140-z     Document Type: Article

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