Numerical simulation of the interaction forces between turbine meter and particles in a standpipe

Granular Matter

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-199

  Zhu, H P ^a   Xiao, G X ^a,b   Zhou, Z Y ^a   Yu, A B ^a   Xu, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete element simulation; Flow measurement; Granular dynamics; Turbine meter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROSTATICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PIPE; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; ROTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBINES;

DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; GRANULAR DYNAMICS; TURBINE METERS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 1342269772     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-003-0146-6     Document Type: Article

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