Improved experimental tracking techniques for validating discrete element method simulations of tumbling mills

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 593-607

  Govender, Indresan ^a   McBride, A T ^a   Powell, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angiography; Communication; Discrete element method; Template matching

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMMINUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TRACKING TEHNIQUES; TEMPLATE MATCHING; TUMBLING MILLS; X RAY ANGIOGRAPHY;

BALL MILLS;

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; PARTICLE TRAJECTORY;

EID: 24144496823     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0014485104048333     Document Type: Article

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