Discrete particle motion on sieves - A numerical study using the DEM simulation

Powder Technology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 190-202

  Li, J ^a   Webb, C ^a   Pandiella, S S ^a   Campbell, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM model; Particulate; Screening; Separation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYETHYLENES; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

PARTICLE MOTION;

SIEVES;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYETHYLENE; SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0043124408     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-5910(03)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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