Micrometric granular ripple patterns in a capillary tubet

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Zoueshtiagh, F ^a   Thomas, P J ^b   Thomy, V ^c   Merlen, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE;

GRANULAR RIPPLE PATTERNS; PATTERN FORMATION;

CAPILLARY TUBES;

EID: 40049087980     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.054501     Document Type: Article

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