Numerical simulations of granular materials flow around obstacles: The role of the interstitial gas

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Levy, Avi ^a   Sayed, Mohamed ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GRANULAR FLOW; TWO-FLUID MODEL;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33847631219     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2674831     Document Type: Article

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