A continuum approach for predicting segregation in flowing polydisperse granular materials
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Conor P. Schlick1, Austin B. Isner2, Ben J. Freireich3, Yi Fan3, Paul B. Umbanhowar4, Julio M. Ottino2,4,5, and Richard M. Lueptow4,5† Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI 48667, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA The Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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