Simulation of random packing of polydisperse particles

Powder Technology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Al Raoush, Riyadh ^a   Alsaleh, Mustafa ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Microstructure; Porous media; Random packing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRAINED NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PACKING;

POLYDISPERSITY;

GLASS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; POLYDISPERSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 34447104038     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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