Effect of vibration condition and inter-particle frictions on the packing of uniform spheres

Powder Technology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-109

  An, X Z ^a,b   Yang, R Y ^a   Zou, R P ^a   Yu, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete element method; Packing structure; Particle packing; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; AIRCRAFT; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPHERES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRIBOLOGY; VIBRATORS;

COORDINATION NUMBERS; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODS; EFFECT OF VIBRATIONS; IN LINES; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PACKING DENSITIES; PACKING STRUCTURE; PACKING STRUCTURES; PARTICLE PACKING; PORE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ROLLING FRICTIONS; VIBRATION; VIBRATION AMPLITUDES; VIBRATION CONDITIONS; VIBRATION FREQUENCIES;

LATTICE VIBRATIONS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ENERGY; FRICTION; PACKAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ROTATION; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIBRATION;

EID: 56249143431     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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