Computer simulation of fluid motion in a porous bed using a volume of fluid method: Application in heap leaching

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1077-1083

  Mousavi, S M ^a,b   Jafari, A ^b   Yaghmaei, S ^a   Vossoughi, M ^a   Sarkomaa, P ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulations; Heap leaching; Porous bed; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; MATERIALS SCIENCE; METAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPLEX FLUID BEHAVIOR; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; HEAP LEACHING; POROUS BED; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33747337507     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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