Multi-scale simulation of needle-shaped particle breakage under uniaxial compaction

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1418-1429

  Grof, Zdeněk ^a   Kohout, Martin ^b   Štěpánek, František ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Compaction; Crushing; DEM; Fragmentation; Mathematical modelling; Particle

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FRAGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; RIGID BONDS; UNIAXIAL COMPACTION;

PACKED BEDS;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSHING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846241319     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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