Gravitational granular flow dynamics study based on tomographic data processing

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-82

  Grudzien, K ^a   Romanowski, A ^a   Sankowski, D ^a   Williams, R A ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical capacitance tomography; Funnel propagation; Hopper discharge rate parameter; Hopper funnel flow dynamics

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; POLYAMIDES; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; FUNNEL PROPAGATION; HOPPER DISCHARGE RATE PARAMETERS; HOPPER FUNNEL FLOW DYNAMICS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

POLYAMIDE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERIALS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; TOMOGRAPHY; VARIANCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 37849013020     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: 15480046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726350701759373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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