On velocity profiles and stresses in sheared and vibrated granular systems under variable gravity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Baran, Oleh ^a,b   Kondic, Lou ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow simulation; Granular flow; Granular materials; Gravity; Lattice dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW OF SOLIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATION; STRESSES; VELOCITY; MOON;

FLOW SIMULATION; GRANULAR FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILES; COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUE; FREQUENCY OF OSCILLATION; HARD SPHERE SIMULATION; HIGH VOLUME FRACTION; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; POLYDISPERSE PARTICLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VIBRATED GRANULAR SYSTEM;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATION; STRESSES; VELOCITY;

EID: 33846074350     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397007     Document Type: Article

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