Brazil nut's effect beyond spherical grains: Elongation matters!

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ramaioli, M ^a,b   Pournin, L ^a   Liebling, Th M ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brazil nut effect; DEM; Elongation; Non spherical particles; Reverse brazil nut effect; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELONGATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SPHERES; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

BRAZIL-NUT EFFECT; DEM; NON-SPHERICAL PARTICLES; REVERSE BRAZIL-NUT EFFECT; SEGREGATION;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 56749150955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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