Some exact velocity profiles for granular flow in converging hoppers

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-106

  Cox, Grant M ^a   Hill, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Converging hoppers; Coulomb Mohr yield condition; Exact parametric solutions; Granular material; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444340912     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00033-004-2066-7     Document Type: Article

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