Modelling the breakup of solid aggregates in turbulent flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 612, Issue , 2008, Pages 261-289

  Bäbler, Matthäus U ^a   Morbidelli, Massimo ^a   Bałdyga, Jerzy ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

CRITICAL ENERGY; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMIC STRESS; KOLMOGOROV LENGTHS; MULTIFRACTAL MODELS; POWER LAW RELATION; SOLID AGGREGATES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

AGGREGATES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; SOLID; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 52749099159     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200800298X     Document Type: Article

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