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The incipient motion of granular materials

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, , Citation B Fletcher 1976 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 9 2471 DOI 10.1088/0022-3727/9/17/007

0022-3727/9/17/2471

Abstract

Dimensional analysis and experimental data on the erosion of various granular media by air are used in constructing a formula which describes the variation of the threshold velocity of movement for grains in a fluid in terms of particle size, density and cohesion, and of fluid density and viscosity.

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10.1088/0022-3727/9/17/007