Simulation of flow and mixing of particles in a rotating and rocking cylinder

AIChE Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1266-1276

  Wightman, Carolyn ^a   Moakher, Maher ^a   Muzzio, Fernando J ^a   Walton, O ^b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROTATION;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD;

MIXING;

CYLINDER; GRANULAR MATERIAL; MIXING; MODELING; PARTICLE MOTION;

EID: 0032100264     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690440605     Document Type: Article

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