Applying discrete element modelling to vertical and horizontal shaft impact crushers

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 983-991

  Djordjevic, N ^a   Shi, F N ^a   Morrison, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comminution; Crushing; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; GRINDING MILLS; HAMMERS; IMPACT TESTING; KINETIC ENERGY; MACHINE DESIGN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); STRAIN; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; FRAGMENT SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CRUSHERS;

EID: 0346272814     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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