Radial mixing of granular materials in a rotating cylinder: Experimental determination of particle self-diffusivity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Hajra, Suman K ^a   Khakhar, D V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; ROTARY KILNS; ROTATING MACHINERY;

RADIAL MIXING; ROTATING CYLINDER SYSTEMS; SELF-DIFFUSION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

PARTICLE FLOW;

EID: 19944426335     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1825331     Document Type: Article

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