DEM modelling of particulate flow in a screw feeder

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 128-138

  Cleary, Paul W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete element modelling; Granular material; Particulates; Screw feeder; Shape

Indexed keywords

BINS; FEEDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; HOPPERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DRAW DOWN PATTERNS; PARTICULATE FLOW; SCREW FEEDER;

FLOW OF SOLIDS;

BINS; FEEDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HOPPERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34249786550     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/pcfd.2007.013005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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