Dynamics and structures of segregation in a dense, vibrating granular bed

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Sun, Jin ^a   Battaglia, Francine ^a   Subramaniam, Shankar ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONTACT FORCES; FORCE DISTRIBUTION; GRANULAR BED; MINIMUM SPANNING TREE (MST); WALL FRICTION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33845658583     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.061307     Document Type: Article

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