Collisional Granular Flows with and without Gas Interactions in Microgravity
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We illustrate the convenience of a long-lasting microgravity environment to study flows of granular materials with and without gas interaction. We consider collisional granular flows of nearly elastic identical spheres in an axisymmetric Couette channel featuring two cylindrical moving bumpy boundaries and two flat walls. We review governing equations for these flows, illustrate their solutions and compare them with numerical simulations.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004