The granular column collapse as a continuum: Validity of a two-dimensional Navier-Stokes model with a Î(I)-rheology

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 686, Issue , 2011, Pages 378-408

  Lagree P Y ^a   Staron, L ^a   Popinet, S ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

granular media; Navier Stokes equations; non Newtonian flows

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; ELASTICITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

CONTACT DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DISCRETE SIMULATIONS; FREE SURFACE CONDITIONS; GRANULAR MEDIA; NAVIER-STOKES MODEL; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVER; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSIENT FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

GERRIS;

EID: 84855507900     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.335     Document Type: Article

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