Granular flow and fluidized beds
Granular flow and fluidized beds is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 19.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers the dynamics, modeling, and simulation of granular flows, including topics such as discrete particle simulation, fluidized beds, DEM modeling, particle dynamics, rheology, gas-solid flow, powder technology, and continuous processing in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Granular Flows
- Discrete Particle Simulation
- Fluidized Beds
- DEM Modeling
- Particle Dynamics
- Rheology
- Gas-Solid Flow
- Powder Technology
- Continuous Processing
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Granular flow and fluidized beds research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 421 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 United States 421 works
- 3 India 216 works
- 4 France 191 works
- 5 Germany 190 works
- 6 Japan 148 works
- 7 United Kingdom 147 works
- 8 Russia 105 works
- 9 Australia 104 works
- 10 Canada 101 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Granular flow and fluidized beds research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Granular flow and fluidized beds research, followed by Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 55 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 42 works
- 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 39 works
- 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 39 works
- 5 Southeast UniversityChina 38 works
- 6 China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina 28 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 27 works
- 8 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 26 works
- 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 25 works
- 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 25 works
Where is Granular flow and fluidized beds research done?
The largest centres of Granular flow and fluidized beds research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Magdeburg and Xuzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MagdeburgDE · 21.9 works18×
- XuzhouCN · 55.9 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Granular flow and fluidized beds than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Granular flow and fluidized beds?
Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University and Jiangsu University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 62.6 | 17.9% | 17.5× | 55 | +74.2% |
| 2 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 62.1 | 29.4% | 13.2× | 14 | +236.5% |
| 3 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 60.8 | 45.3% | 7.5× | 22 | +20.4% |
| 4 | Monash UniversityAustralia | 60.2 | 39.0% | 4.8× | 16 | +378.4% |
| 5 | Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgGermany | 58.1 | 28.7% | 30.0× | 20 | +28.9% |
| 6 | Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 56.5 | 31.3% | 9.5× | 19 | — |
| 7 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 55.9 | 18.5% | 6.1× | 39 | +227.8% |
| 8 | Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina | 53.6 | 24.9% | 11.3× | 14 | +94.4% |
| 9 | UNSW SydneyAustralia | 52.0 | 50.9% | 4.7× | 15 | -64.8% |
| 10 | Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina | 50.9 | 21.1% | 11.3× | 26 | -8.8% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Granular flow and fluidized beds research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Granular flow and fluidized beds.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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