Mixing of granular material in rotating cylinders with noncircular cross-sections

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Prasad, D V N ^a   Khakhar, D V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STARS; VELOCITY;

CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; CONVECTIVE DIFFUSION MODEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; INTENSITY OF SEGREGATION; NONCIRCULAR CROSS SECTION; PARTICLE DIFFUSIVITY; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; TIME PERIODIC VELOCITIES;

MIXING;

EID: 79251549211     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3481779     Document Type: Article

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