Optimization of a computer simulation model for packing of concrete aggregates

Particulate Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 380-395

  Amirjanov, Adil ^a   Sobolev, Konstantin ^b  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Concrete mixture proportioning; Packing algorithm; Packing density; Particle size distribution; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ALGORITHMS; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; STANDARDS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODELS; CONCRETE MIXTURES; DENSE PACKING; DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES; MODEL VARIABLES; MULTI CELL; PACKING MODELS; PACKING TIME; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION (PSZ); PARTICLE SUSPENSION MODEL; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE (PCC); RESEARCH DATA; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPEED UPS; SPHERICAL(PIVOT); STANDARD REQUIREMENTS; VARIATIONS OF;

PACKING;

CEMENT; CONCRETE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PACKAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SUSPENSION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL PACKING MODEL;

EID: 47949128172     PISSN: 02726351     EISSN: 15480046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726350802084580     Document Type: Article

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