Mixing of granular materials. Part I: Effect of periodic shear

Powder Technology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-16

  Obregón, Luis ^a   Realpe, Alvaro ^a   Rinaldi, Carlos ^a   Velázquez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Granular material; Mixing; Shear

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MIXING; GRANULAR PARTICLES; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; LOW-SHEAR MIXING; MIXING CHAMBER; MIXING PERFORMANCE; PERIODIC SHEAR; SHEAR; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS; THREE DIMENSIONS; WALL VELOCITY;

GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

MIXING;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIXER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POWDER; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 70350054604     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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