The evolution of pebble size and shape in space and time

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2146, 2012, Pages 3059-3079

  Domokos, G ^a   Gibbons, G W ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collisional abrasion; Friction; Pebble shape evolution; Segregation; Transport

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FRICTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

DIRECT SIMULATION; HEURISTIC APPROXIMATIONS; NON-TRIVIAL; PEBBLE-SHAPE EVOLUTION; SEGREGATION PROCESS; SIZE AND SHAPE; SIZE RATIO; SPACE AND TIME; SYSTEM OF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRANSPORT;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 84866426357     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0562     Document Type: Article

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