Influence of particle shape on the packing and on the segregation of spherocylinders via Monte Carlo simulations

Powder Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 167-180

  Abreu, Charlles R A ^a   Tavares, Frederico W ^a   Castier, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Packing; Segregation; Shape; Spherocylinder

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROSITY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GRANULAR SYSTEMS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

BINARY MIXTURE; GRANULAR SOLID; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PACKED BED; PACKING; SEGREGATION;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DISPERSION; HARDNESS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SIMULATION; VIBRATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0042330118     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(03)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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