A constitutive law for dense granular flows

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7094, 2006, Pages 727-730

  Jop, Pierre ^a   Forterre, Yoël ^a   Pouliquen, Olivier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; GEOPHYSICS; KINETIC THEORY; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL MECHANICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOPLASTICITY;

GRANULAR FLOWS; ROUGH SIDEWALLS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL; VISCO-PLASTIC FLUIDS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLOW PATTERN; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOPLASTICITY;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; FRICTION; GAS; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SOLID;

EID: 33744986031     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04801     Document Type: Article

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