Analysis of mixing in a Twin Cam Mixer using smoothed particle hydrodynamics

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1987-1998

  Robinson, Martin ^a   Cleary, Paul ^b   Monaghan, Joseph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaotic transport; Lyapunov exponents; Mixing; Smoothed particle hydrodynamics; Twin Cam mixer

Indexed keywords

CAMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

CHAOTIC TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; FINITE-TIME LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; LAGRANGIAN; LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; MASS TRANSPORT; MIXING PROCESSES; MOVING PARTS; SHARP CORNERS; SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS; TIME-SCALES; TWIN CAM MIXER;

MIXING;

EID: 49049113877     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11530     Document Type: Article

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