Dense granular flow down an inclined plane: A comparison between the hard particle model and soft particle simulations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Reddy, K A ^a   Kumaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; END EFFECTORS; FRICTION; MACHINERY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STRAIN RATE;

AVERAGE COORDINATION NUMBER; BOND ORIENTATIONAL ORDER PARAMETERS; EVENT-DRIVEN SIMULATIONS; FLOW DOWN AN INCLINED PLANE; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HERTZIAN CONTACT MODEL; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; STRONG CORRELATION EFFECT;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 79251547091     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3504660     Document Type: Article

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