Hydrodynamic theory for reverse brazil nut segregation and the non-monotonic ascension dynamics

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 587-623

  Alam, Meheboob ^a   Trujillo, L ^b   Herrmann, H J ^c  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil nut segregation; Granular mixture; Nonmonotonic rise velocity; Reverse buoyancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751038767     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9078-y     Document Type: Article

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