An experimental/computational approach for examining unconfined cohesive powder flow

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-127

  Faqih, AbdulMobeen ^a   Chaudhuri, Bodhisattwa ^a   Alexander, Albert W ^b   Davies, Clive ^c   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a   Silvina Tomassone, M ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cohesion; Powder avalanche; Powder flow; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GRAVITATION; POWDERS; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 33749522491     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2006.05.067     Document Type: Article

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