Validation of a digital packing algorithm in predicting powder packing densities

Powder Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 10-13

  Jia, X ^a   Gan, M ^a   Williams, R A ^a   Rhodes, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non spherical; Particle packing; Powder technology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY;

DIGIPAC SHAPE FACTORS; PARTICLE PACKING; POLYDISPERSE MIXTURES;

POWDER METALLURGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; POWDER METALLURGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34247174862     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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