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Cuiping Li, Gezhong Chen, Zhu’en Ruan, Raimund Bürger, Yuan Gao, Hezi Hou, and Hui Wang, Effect of variations in the polar and azimuthal angles of coarse particles on the structure of drainage channels in thickened beds, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 30(2023), No. 12, pp. 2321-2333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-023-2680-z |
Zhu’en Ruan E-mail: ustb_ruanzhuen@hotmail.com
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