Sliding through a superlight granular medium

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Pacheco Vazquez F ^a   Ruiz Suarez J C ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG FORCES; EXPANDED POLYSTYRENE; GRANULAR BEDS; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PENETRATION DYNAMICS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

DRAG; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 73649092131     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.060301     Document Type: Article

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