Cylindrical particulate internal flows: A review

Abstract

The study of cylindrical particulate internal flows has wide industrial applicability hence received much attention. This article reviews the cylindrical particulate internal flows over the past twenty years. The research is related to the cylindrical particulate flows in the straight channel, curved channel and rotational channel. Finally, several open research issues have been identified.

Keywords

cylindrical particulate flow / internal flow

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported financially by the research grant from the Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11132008).

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