Analysis of stirred mill performance using DEM simulation: Part 2 - Coherent flow structures, liner stress and wear, mixing and transport

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1551-1572

  Cleary, Paul W ^a   Sinnott, Matt ^a   Morrison, Rob ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comminution; Discrete element modelling; Fine particle processing; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRESS ANALYSIS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

COHERENT FLOW STRUCTURES; FINE PARTICLE PROCESSING; STIRRED MILLS;

GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

EID: 33750805547     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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