Discrete element modelling of power draw of tumbling mills

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 112, Issue 2 AUGUST, 2003, Pages 109-114

  Djordjevic, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Modelling; Power consumption; Tumbling mills; Wear

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CONTACT FORCES; UNIT VECTORS;

BARRELING;

EID: 0346872970     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037195503225002727     Document Type: Conference Paper

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