Granular Flows and Gas-fluidization
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This paper examines the roles that granular flow theory might play in the modeling the solid-phase stresses in fluidized beds. It begins with a discussion of the historical limiting cases of the quasistatic and rapid-flow regimes. It then reviews the elastic granular theories that unify those two regimes. Finally it shows that measurements of solid-phase pressures cannot be explained by commonly used rapid-flow theories and mostly likely lie in the elastic flow regimes.
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