Granular flow in a three-dimensional rotating container

Authors
Elperin, T Vikhansky, A
Citation
T. Elperin et A. Vikhansky, Granular flow in a three-dimensional rotating container, PHYS REV E, 62(3), 2000, pp. 4446-4449
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Part
B
Pages
4446 - 4449
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(200009)62:3<4446:GFIATR>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We considered a flow of a cohesionless granular material in a partially fil led three-dimensional rotating container. A model is suggested to describe a density of the surface flow and the profile of the free surface of the gr anular material. It is shown that when the container has an ellipsoidal sha pe the obtained system of partial differential equations can be reduced to a set of two ordinary differential equations.