Comparison of contact-force models for the simulation of collisions in DEM-based granular flow codes

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 525-541

  Di Renzo, Alberto ^a   Di Maio, Francesco Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact force modeling; DEM simulations; Granular flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYSTERESIS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

DISTINCT ELEMENT METHOD (DEM); GRANULAR FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COLLISION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PARTICLE MOTION; SOLID FLOW;

EID: 0842344539     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2003.09.037     Document Type: Article

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