Simulations and physical measurements of glass spheres flowing down a bumpy incline

Powder Technology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 133-144

  Hanes, Daniel M ^a   Walton, Otis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chute; Discrete particle simulation; Granular flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; KINETIC THEORY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STEADY FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

DISCRETE PARTICLE SIMULATION; GRANULAR FLOW;

GLASS;

GLASS;

GLASS; INCLINATION; SOLID FLOW; SPHERE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; DECELERATION; DYNAMICS; FLOW; FRICTION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034599520     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(99)00232-6     Document Type: Article

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