Model equations and instability regions for the sedimentation of polydisperse suspensions of spheres

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 699-722

  Burger R ^a   Karlsen, K H ^b   Tory, E M ^c   Wendland, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperbolic conservation laws; Hyperbolic elliptic equations; Instability region; Kinematic model; Mixed systems of conservation laws; Polydisperse suspensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942281520     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4001(200210)82:10<699::aid-zamm699>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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