Numerical study of the packing of wet coarse uniform spheres

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1656-1666

  Yang, R Y ^a   Zou, R P ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY;

CAPILLARY FORCE;

PACKING;

LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PARTICLE INTERACTION; POROSITY; SPHERE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POROSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037810642     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490706     Document Type: Article

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