Kinetic-theory predictions of clustering instabilities in granular flows: Beyond the small-Knudsen-number regime

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 738, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mitrano, Peter P ^a   Zenk, John R ^a   Benyahia, Sofiane ^b   Galvin, Janine E ^b   Dahl, Steven R ^a   Hrenya, Christine M ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

granular media; kinetic theory; nonlinear instability

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

CONTINUUM SIMULATIONS; DISSIPATIVE COLLISIONS; GRANULAR MEDIA; LOCAL VELOCITY FIELDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NONLINEAR INSTABILITY; PARTICLE CLUSTERING; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INSTABILITY; KINETICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEARITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VORTEX; PREDICTION;

EID: 84889843788     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.602     Document Type: Article

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